Picture No | 10942200 |
Date | 1920 |
Description | Coffin for tomb of unknown warrior |
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The coffin in which the body of the unknown warrior lay. It was made from English oak and had wrought-iron handles - three on each side, and a metal plate, with sword and shield on top. The coffin was pictured reposing on an embroidered pall presented at the beginning of 1919 by the Actors' Church Union.
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Source | Photograph in The Sphere, 13 November 1920 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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