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Necklace
Necklace made from glass beads and cylinders of rolled-up wallpaper. 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.
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
F91.35.1
Measurements
Length
(mm): 340
Width
(mm): 120
Height
(mm): 5
Length
(mm): 750
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