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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 / Queen Fabiola, 1974

Photograph of Queen Fabiola and King Baudouin of Belgium, in frame, taken during President Erskine Childers' visit to Belgium, July 1974.

 

commemorative medal / Louvain University, 1926

Commemorative medal, gold, in presentation box. Louvain University, Belgium. 'Studium Generale Lovaniense, 1425 - 1426 1926 - 1927'. By F. Vermeyeen.

 

box / Louvain University / de Valera, 1966

Certificate or scroll in case, blue with silver lettering and crest. Honourary Degree conferred on Eamon de Valera by the Louvain University, Belgium, 1966.

 

grand cordon / Erskine Childers, 1974

Grand Cordon de l'Ordre de Leopold, Belgium. Gold, silver and enamel. 'L'Union Faitla Force Eendracht Maakt Maacht'. Presented to President Erskine Hamilton Childers, 1974.

 

sash / Erskine Childers, 1974

Grand Cordon de l'Ordre de Leopold, Belgium. Gold and enamel, on a purple ribbon. 'L'Union Faitla Force Eendracht Maakt Maacht'. Presented to President Erskine Hamilton Childers, 1974.

 

commemorative plate / Belgium

Ceramic plate, white background with blue transfer print floral design in centre and edges, with label stating Presented to President and Mrs Childers by the King and Queen of the Belgians.

 

photograph / Erskine Hamilton Childers, 1974

Photograph of President Erskine Hamilton Childer and his wife Mary Childers, probably taken on the occasion of their visit to meet Queen Fabiola and King Baudouin of Belgium, July 1974. In frame.

 

grand cordon / Childers, 1974

Grand Cordon de l'Ordre de Leopold, Belgium. Presented to Erskine Childers, 1974.

 

photograph / Queen Fabiola, 1968

Photograph of Queen Fabiola and King Baudouin of Belgium, in silver frame, with a dedication to President Eamon de Valera and wife, 1968.

 

book / King Albert's Book, 1914

Copy of King Albert's Book. A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women tThroughout the World. Published by the Daily Telegraph in conjunction with The Daily Sketch and Glasgow Herald and Hodder and Stoughton. Sold for the benefit of the Daily Telegraph Belgian Fund....

 

guide book / Michelin Guide to the Yser and the Belgian Coast

Michelin Illustrated Guides to the Battlefields 1914-1918. Michelin Guide to the Yser and the Belgian Coast. An Illustrated History and Guide. In Memory of the Michelin Workmen and Employees Who Died Gloriously For Their Country. Belonging to Captain Richard Burke of the Royal Irish Regiment, WWI.