James Whelan prison badge, British Army
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Individual type · partial
James Whelan prison badge, British Army is held by Digital Repository of Ireland. Museum description: The badge of a prison uniform, worn by James Whelan in Frongoch internment camp.; James Whelan owned a publishing company and was also a tobacconist. Though he had no direct involvement in the 1916 Rising, he was arrested and interned because of material he had published for Patrick Pearse.; Badge reads ' D1 46'. Donated by Whelan's granddaughter. The museum record gives place associated: #Frongoch,_Bala,_Gwynedd; maker recorded: British Army. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Technical characteristics
- Technique
- image
- Maker recorded
- British Army
- Place recorded
- #Frongoch,_Bala,_Gwynedd
Identification
- Europeana id
- /139/_m6141c32d
- Museum attribution
- British Army
- Museum object name
- James Whelan prison badge
- Holding institution
- Digital Repository of Ireland
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