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Correspondence and other papers re: the offer and acquisition of items by the Museum. 14 subfolders, as follows:
/1 Acqusition of flowers picked on the Western Front during the First World War. Catalogue number 11/37. 1937 & 1947
/2 Acquisition of the Bryant and May War Trophy Collection. With list of items deposited and correspondence concerning the withdrawal of two Luger pistols for use by the Home Guard. 1937-1946
/3 Acquisition of German 'Crow's Foot'. 1935
/4 Acquisition of propaganda leaflets and photograph of GL Wright in connection with the Fleming-Williams painting 'Almost a Resurrection'. Catalogue number 32/37. 1937
/5 Acquisition of a notice found in No Man's Land at Gommecourt. 1936
/6 Acqusition and return of a Turkish prisoner of war's wallet. Catalogue number 61/37. 1937
/7 Acquisition of menu card for Empire Day dinner held on board the HMT Aragon in 1915. 1934
/8 Acquisition of parcel of war souvenirs (unspecified). Includes German and Austrian automatic pistols. Catalogue number 56/37. 1934
/9 Acquisition of pair of clogs and a biscuit issued to Allied prisoners of war by the Germans. Catalogue numbers 53-54/37. 1937
/10 Purchase of a Botha Toby Jug. Catalogue number 81/37. 1937
/11 Acquisition of two Turkish trench knives from the Gallipoli campaign. Catalogue numbers 49-50/37. 1927
/12 Acquisition of telescopic sight from a German sniper's rifle. Catalogue number 41/37. 1937
/13 Acquisition of five photographs of enemy dispatches intercepted at Tehran in January 1918. 1935
/14 Acquisition of items relating to the use of gas on the Western Front. 1937
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