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Buckle
Butterfly shaped cotton belt buckle, decorated with wire and glass beads. Made as occupational therapy by Corporal Walter Stinson of the 11th Battalion County of London Battalion (Finsbury Rifles) when a patient at the St Fagans Red Cross VAD Hospital during the First World War.
An article published in the Western Mail on 19 April 1918 states that beadwork made by soldiers at St Fagans was sold in aid of the Evening Express Welsh Fund for Starving Prisoners. An exhibition of their work was also viewed by the Prince of Wales in Cardiff on 22 February 1918.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F91.35.2
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
Height
(mm): 5
Width
(mm): 100
Depth
(mm): 70
Techniques
beadwork
embroidery
Material
canvas (cotton)
metal
glass
Location
St Fagans Wales Is gallery : Nurse's Costume
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