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Helga

Centre-piece ensign of TSS. 'Helga', British gunship, 1916 Rising. White hop-sack cloth (wool), diameter 22'. In the centre a yellow harp with eight white strings, on background on blue circle, surrounded by interweaving branches of shamrock, in green, which in turn are encircled by thin blue line.;

Helga

Object Number:
HE:EW.2225

Institution:
NMI

Date:
1916

Place of production:
England

Collections:

Easter Week Collection
Historical - Flag and Banner Collection

Exhibitions:

Soldiers and Chiefs
The Easter Rising: Understanding 1916

Subjects:

1916 Rising, Combat
1916 Rising, Destruction
Dublin (city)