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Marcello Volponi being tortured by Capitain Venier
In a prison cell, a naked partisan is chained to a wall by his wrists. Two men in uniform are beating him, the one on the right with a chair, the one on the left with a blood-stained club. A third man is throwing the contents of a bucket at the…
Tags: arts and crafts; Resistance
Martinet and Milfield airfield
Top - titled 'Milfield X Squadron'. Copy of a painting of side view of an airborne Martinet in brown and green camouflage flying to left with fields below. Captioned 'A Martinet flying over Milfield. Copied from a painting by Noel Wooding'.
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Tags: aerial photograph; arts and crafts; Martinet
Massacre in the Carnia region
In a mountain landscape, three Cossacks open fine on a group of civilians, some of whom are falling to the ground. A woman moves in front of her her husband, trying in to protect him from the bullets. In the background, a church with a bell tower is…
Tags: arts and crafts; Resistance
Meals at the Hostel
A cartoon of four meals, all toast and cocoa. On the right are faces which start happy but become sad then angry as the food does not vary.
Melodrama
A play being performed with three actors. The orchestra are in their pit and a couple of spectators are watching. A picture on the back of stage reads 'Home Sweet Home'. There is a stage villain and two prisoners of war dressed as women characters.
Memorabilia from Photographic course
Photograph 1 - the Christmas dinner menu at RAF Farnborough with a cartoon of a German reconnaissance aircraft being shot down.
Photograph 2 - the signatures of some of the participants.
Captioned 'Christmas dinner, R.A.F. Farnborough…
Photograph 2 - the signatures of some of the participants.
Captioned 'Christmas dinner, R.A.F. Farnborough…
Tags: arts and crafts; RAF Farnborough; training
Mere Gen 1942
A duplicated magazine, produced by the personnel at Branston Mere. It includes 'in' jokes, poems, cartoons, and a ghost story.
Mere Gen 1st Birthday edition
A duplicated magazine, produced by the personnel of Branston Mere Y station. It includes 'in' jokes, stories, poems, cartoons and a
a crossword puzzle.
a crossword puzzle.
Mere Gen Christmas 1943
A duplicated magazine produced by the personnel at Branston Mere Y station. It contains 'in' jokes, stories, a quiz, poems and cartoons.
Mere Gen March 1944
a 29 page duplicated magazine produced by the personnel of Branston Mere Y station. All the items are original, mainly 'in' jokes consisting of stories, jokes, poems and cartoons.
Merry Xmas
Christmas greetings sent by Thomas to his mother. Includes Thomas' service and prisoner numbers, a sketch of a guard tower with fencing in woods and a map of Great Britain. Printed 'A Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year' and 'Drawn by K.V.Wood, P.o.W.…
Tags: arts and crafts; prisoner of war; Stalag 8B
Metropolitan Police Christmas card
On the front the Metropolitan Police crest. Inside on left a salutation to 'Con and family (except me)' signed 'Dec'. Inside on the right a black and white drawing of car, policeman and mounted policeman by Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square London.
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Milan 7/8 August, 1943
Drawing from front quarter of a Lancaster with engines running on runway. Captioned 'Milan 7/8 August, 1943, Squadron Leader Derbyshire, Sergeant Sullivan, Sergeant Gill, Sergeant Oakes, Flight Sergeant Cole, Sergeant Overend, Sergeant Parsons,…
Tags: arts and crafts; Lancaster
Military caricatures
Eight figures in line from left to middle in various uniform or other dress. Two smoke cigarettes and one a pipe the smoke from all gathers above them, To the right three figures in another bubble struggling to find the answer to a crossword clue.…
Mock execution of civilians
Soldiers open fire on civilians in a field near some buildings. Some figures are on the ground, whilst two soldiers on the right are standing and watching.
Label reads “170”; signed by the author; caption reads “(4o)…nazi-fascisti simulano…
Label reads “170”; signed by the author; caption reads “(4o)…nazi-fascisti simulano…
Tags: arts and crafts; round-up
Model Aircraft
#1, 3, 4 and 6 are a model Lancaster, in the air and on the ground.
#2, 7 and 8 are a Stirling model
#5 is a Wellington and Spitfire model.
#9 are a model Stirling and Lightning.
#2, 7 and 8 are a Stirling model
#5 is a Wellington and Spitfire model.
#9 are a model Stirling and Lightning.
Tags: arts and crafts; Lancaster; P-38; Spitfire; Stirling; Wellington
Model Engineer exhibition certificate
Diploma of merit certificate awarded to K Dexter for an electrically driven working model of a Midland Compound locomotive.
Tags: arts and crafts
Model Lancaster
Top page - top - Front quarter view of a large model Lancaster in the open with people standing around.
Bottom - rear quarter view of a large model Lancaster with people standing round and one man holding port wing tip.
Bottom page - front…
Bottom - rear quarter view of a large model Lancaster with people standing round and one man holding port wing tip.
Bottom page - front…
Tags: arts and crafts; Lancaster
Model of Lancaster
Model metal aircraft, a Lancaster on stand with plaque. On the reverse 'AF/10C, 596616'.
Tags: arts and crafts; Lancaster
Model trains
Two model trains on track on bridge over stream. Note 'Models hand made by Keith Dexter 1933, Midland Compund Johnson Tank 4-4-0 in H.O. scale 3.5 mm/to the foot'.
Tags: arts and crafts
More Evacs
Thirteen cartoon figures standing in row of seven at top and six on the bottom. All are girls of various heights, some wearing school uniform like clothes. One has a tennis racket and some have hats. One is eating a banana and one is crying.…
Tags: arts and crafts; evacuation; home front