Historical Collections Online

 

souvenir / Aud, 1916

Bullet from the German Munition Ship, The Aud. Sent to Ireland for the Rising, 1916.

 

fragment / Aud, 1916

Fragment of wood inscribed ‘Wreckage of rifle from German Munition Ship. Ballycrone near Poer Head, Cork. Got by me on shore May 2 1916 F.J. Westropp’.

 

medal / Aud, 1931

One of the medals presented to members of the crew of the 'Aud', the German ship used in an attempt to land arms on the Kerry coast for the 1916 Rising. The presentation was made by Mr. John T. Ryan in the Mecca Temple, New York City, Easter Sunday, 5 April 1931 on behalf of the Irish Republican...

 

rifle / Aud, 1916

Mosin Rifle, first adopted by the Russians in 1896. The donor's father, Mr. Hood, was the Commander of HMS Bluebell, stationed at Cobh, when the Aud was intercepted on 21st April 1916. This was part of the consignment of rifles intended for the 1916 rebellion. Fixed foresight and graduated rear...

 

rifle / Aud, 1916

Mosin rifle; Russian. Part of the 'Aud' consignment, salvaged from the wreck. Serial No.17640. Silver plaque on rifle butt reads - 'Rifle recovered from German SS Aud, sunk near Queenstown 21.4.1916'.

 

rifle / The Aud, 1916

Mosin, Russian rifle salvaged from 'The Aud', 1916. Said to have been used as evidence in preliminary trial of 'Casement' in Dublin under Major H.M. Fraser the Provost Marshal in Dublin, 1916, and kept by Major Fraser as a keepsake afterwards. Russian inscription and the no. 194770 stamped on...