• Title
  Series 02: John McKay, realia material, 1914-1918
• Call number
  R 2062
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1914-1918
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  1026989
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 folder (1 handkerchief) - silk - coloured embroidery; 23 x 25 cm.
  1 folder (1 handkerchief) - coloured silk with coloured printing - 29 x 27 cm.
  1 folder (handkerchief bag) - silk, coloured embroidery - 21 x 27 cm., folded to 21 x 13.5 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  1. Souvenir brown silk handkerchief, with colour printed flags of several Allied countries of World War 1914-1918.
  29 x 27 cm.
  
  Clockwise from corner no. 1:
  
  Corner no. 1: Souvenir du Front 1914 - 1915. The flags of Belguim, France, Great Britain, Serbia. A picture of the Hazebrouck Town Hall, Deputy Mayor, with the French inscription of "Hotel de Ville D'Hazebrouck, Abbe Lemire, Depute-Maire". Picture is surrounded with red, white and blue strips and the flags of Italy, Great Britain, France, Russia.
  
  Corner no. 2: Flags of France and Belguim.
  
  Corner no. 3: Flags of France and Italy.
  
  Corner no. 4: Flags of France and Russia.
  
  2. White/cream souvenir silk handkerchief with drawn thread, reinforced edges. In corner there are three coloured silk embroidered flowers. Possibly the red Poppy, blue Forget-me-not, and white Edelweiss or Rose. Underneath flowers is red embroidery of "Souvenir de France".
  23 x 25 cm.
  
  3. Pale pink souvenir silk handkerchief holder/bag. The holder is padded and has a silk rope edging. The design has a rectangle frame of ribbon with corner bows. Inside the frame is coloured silk embroidery featuring the numbers of the year 1918 made from the French, Union Jack, Belgian, American, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Romanian, Portuguese, Serbian flags.
  
  Underneath the date are green embroidered leaves, and lilac embroidered "Souvenir de France". The holder is folded in half and secured with a silk button.
  21 x 27 cm., folded to 21 x 13.5 cm.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1026992
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918.
  World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front.
  Textile crafts.
  Embroidery--France.
  Souvenirs (Keepsakes).
  
• Topic
  war souvenirs
  soldiers
  handkerchiefs
  embroidery
  silk
  flowers
  flags
  
• Place
  France
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Life Interrupted: Personal Diaries from World War I - State Library of New South Wales (5 July - 21 September, 2014)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3310900

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