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Historical Collections Online

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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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).

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