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Search our Historical Collections Online, a sample of 10,000 artefacts from the National Museum of Ireland’s Historical, Military and Easter Week Collections, published as part of the Decade of Commemorations.


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photograph / V.V. Giri, India

Photograph of V.V. Giri (Varahagiri Venkata Giri), President of the Republic of India, 1969 to 1974. In silver frame, signed. Gifted to the Irish State during Eamon de Valera's presidency.

 

photograph / Radhakrishnan, India

Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India, 1952 to 1962. In silver frame, signed with a dedication to Eamon de Valera. Inscription faded.

 

India General Service Medal / Major Norbert Dumayne Place, 4th Battalion 7th Rajputs

India General Service medal with ribbon length and Waziristan 1921-24 bar. Of Major Norbert Dumayne Place, 4th Battalion 7th Rajputs.

 

1914-15 Star / Major Norbert Dumayne Place, 4th Battalion 7th Rajputs

1914-15 Bronze Star. Miniature mounted as part of set. Awarded to Major Norbert Dumayne Place, 4th Battalion 7th Rajputs.

 

British War Medal / Major Norbert Dumayne Place, 4th Battalion 7th Rajputs

British War Medal 1914-20.. Miniature mounted as part of set. Awarded to Major Norbert Dumayne Place, 4th Battalion 7th Rajputs.

 

Victory Medal / Major Norbert Dumayne Place, 4th Battalion 7th Rajputs

Victory Medal. Miniature mounted as part of set. Awarded to Major Norbert Dumayne Place, 4th Battalion 7th Rajputs.

 

General Service Medal / Major Norbert Dumayne Place, 4th Battalion 7th Rajputs

General Service Medal with Iraq (1919-20). Miniature mounted as part of set. Awarded to Major Norbert Dumayne Place, 4th Battalion 7th Rajputs.

 

invitation / Republic of India / Hillery, 1982

Box, painted wood with brass decorative attachments, padded textiled interior, containing two additional wooden panels and an invitation from the President of the Republic of India to President Patrick Hillery and Mrs Hillery to attend a banquet at the Naitonal Gallery of Ireland on Wednesday 5th...

 

fusil / Patrick Broderick, East India Company, 1844-45

Fusil, percussion lock rifle, 1844-45. Sergeant Patrick Broderick's East India Company's musket, with him through the campaign n India 1844-45. On one occasion it intercepted a bullet, which may be seen imbedded in the stock. Inscribed plaque on butt details its use in Indian campaigns. Additional...

 

forage cap / Connaught Rangers, Daly, 1920

Forage cap, khaki, worn by J.J. Daly, Connaught Rangers, who was executed in India, 1920. No marks or badge. Connaught Rangers Mutiny, 1920.