cloth, souvenir

human history

Embroidered souvenir cloth from Egypt, WW1, associated with 12/3565 Private Donald Melville Wood Brown, Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Company, NZEF.

Rectangular purple satin cloth with black fringing and embroidered dedication. A laurel wreath frames the central message, 'To / Hope / Zeitoun / Egypt.'

Hope was Donald's young sister who was a toddler when Donald went to war.

Nama tāpiringa: 2017.98.5 Whakahounga o Mua: 17 Jul 2025
Ingoa Kē

embroidered satin cloth, WW1 (descriptive name)

12/3565 Pte. Donald Melville Wood Brown, 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, NZEF (associated name)

Wāhi
Egypt
Wāhi Hāngai

Somme/Northern France/France

Accession Number

2017.98.5

Rā Tāpiringa

13 Nov 2017

Wāhanga

History

War History

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cloth, souvenir / 2017.98.6 / © Auckland Museum CC BY
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