Object details

Category
Souvenirs and ephemera
Related period
Interwar (production), Interwar (content)
Materials

Support: card

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 105 mm, Width 148 mm

Catalogue number
Art.IWM:EPHEM 00339

Object associations

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Books
Advanced base the story of 15-17 A.O.D.
Books
Sixtieth anniversary of the Kindertransport, 1939-1999 15-17 June, 1999, London
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Dig for victory leaflets, nos. 1-2, 4-9, 15-17 and no. 1 (new series)

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The Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain makes a broadcast speech prior to his departure from Arras, France, after visiting the British Expeditionary Force on 15 December 1939.
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