Historical Collections Online

 

postcard / German POW camp, 1942

Christmas card from Private Peter Cleary to Wife from German POW camp. Card illustrated Thomas Burke, PoW at Stalag XXA, and depicts Father Christmas and four smiling soldiers. Dated 00 January 1942. Standard issue (printed form).

 

postcard / German POW camp, 1943

Christmas card from Private Peter Cleary to Wife from German POW camp. Card illustrated by KV Wood, POW, and depicts soldier with POW Camp Watchtower in background looking longingly towards maps of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Dated 6 January 1943. Standard issue (printed form).

 

postcard photograph / German Officer's wife, 1915

Postcard photograph of the wife of a German Officer, c. 1915. Full length photograph. Published by Am, Schlotfeld, Stade.

 

postcard photograph / German Officer, 1915

Postcard photograph of German Officer in full uniform, including rifle with bayonet, pickelhaub and backpack (1914-1918). Full length photograph.

 

pickelhaube / Germany, 1914-16

Other Ranks' helmet, pickelhaube, German, c.1914-1916. Kingdom of Bavaria. Retrieved from Thiepval, Somme Sector, 1st July 1916, first day of the Battle of the Somme. Leather with brass fittings and plate, inscribed 'IN TREUE FEST' (In Loyalty Steadfast). Spike missing. Bullet hole to right temple.

 

souvenir / Frongoch, 1916

Copy book written by a German prisoner of war in Frongoch Prison Camp, 1916. The camp was occupied by Germans previous to arrival of Irish prisoners. Mostly headlines and single words; some addresses. Picked up by Patrick Ronan in Frongoch, 1916.