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Cloth, souvenir
Object type Souvenir/wars; casualties/wars
Classification: 75988
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English: Souvenir cloth- Souvenir of Egypt, WW1 Souvenir cloth sent back to New Zealand by Rifleman Len Truscott, 3rd Battalion, 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade, NZEF silk satin cloth with lace edging, printed polychrome illustrations- sphinx, pyramids and camel at centre, with border comprising oval portraits of leaders and draped flags of allied nations (Belgium, Egypt, France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Serbia), roses between flags, with printed title on scroll below- Souvenir of Egypt, embroidered message at lower edge- "With best love from Len"
Date World War 1, 1914-18-Wars; 20 Dec 1999; 04 Oct 1999; 1915-(1918); 1915-1916
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length: 470mm

width: 470mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1999.223.1
Place of creation Africa; North Africa
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1999.223.1
Notes The embroidered cloths sent home by Len Truscott were a souvenir of his war – and of his life, because Rifleman Truscott, NZ Rifle Brigade, stayed in France, killed in October 1916. Rifleman Len Truscott, 3rd Battalion, 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade, was wounded on 15th September 1916, Battle of the Somme, France. He was transferred to a General Hospital at Rouen, but died in October 1916 aged 27. He is buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, in France.
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