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Ypres crucifix
This crucifix is made from bullet cartridges and features the word 'Ypres' above the image of Christ. This is an example of 'trench art', and these would have been sold near battlefields as souvenirs to battlefield tourists and talismans to the soldiers themselves. My grandfather must have bought this in Ypres while he was stationed there. It has been on our family mantelpiece for years, and my si…
Suradnici
- Katherine Sanborn
Tema
- World War I
- Prvi svjetski rat
Vrsta predmet
- Memorabilia
Institucija iz koje dolazi
Agregator
Uvjeti korištenja medija u ovom zapisu (osim ako nije drugačije navedeno)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Datum stvaranja
- 2014-09-04 13:42:41 UTC
- 2014-09-04
- 2014-09-04
Mjesta
- Western Front
Podrijetlo
- INTERNET
Izvor
- UGC
Identifikator
- 190805
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/17537/attachments/190805
Jezik
- und
- und
Dio je
- EnrichEuropeana
Država iz koje dolazi
- Europe
Naziv zbirke
Prvi put objavljeno na Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:28:26.945Z
Zadnji put ažurirano od institucije koja pruža podatke
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z
Tablica sadržaja
- This crucifix is made from bullet cartridges and features the word 'Ypres' above the image of Christ. This is an example of 'trench art', and these would have been sold near battlefields as souvenirs to battlefield tourists and talismans to the soldiers themselves. My grandfather must have bought this in Ypres while he was stationed there. It has been on our family mantelpiece for years, and my sister Louise (named after Thomas's wife, our grandmother) took it around the world and sent it from Portugal so it could be photographed for the roadshow.