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sock / de Valera, Lincoln Jail, 1919

Sock, reputedly worn by Eamon de Valera in the escape from Lincoln Jail, 1919. Worn over boots. One sock, with arm of a wool jumper sewn onto ankle part to lengthen and widen.

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