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Telling a history of our world through objects

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  1. Red Cross butter tin from Colditz Castle Red Cross butter tin from Colditz Castle This Canadian Creamery Butter tin comes from Colditz Castle in Germany. The tin was part of a Red Cross parcel, sent to ... Contributed by Individual
  2. Swords into Plowshares badge, GDR 1980 Swords into Plowshares badge, GDR 1980 This is a cloth badge one of 100.000 printed in the GDR by christian peace groups in 1981. These groups and a general ... Contributed by Individual
  3. WSPU hunger strike force feeding medal WSPU hunger strike force feeding medal Mabel Capper was a young Suffragette in 1909, living near the Pankhursts in what was then known as Chorlton on Medlock, ... Contributed by Individual
  4. Suffragette Brooch Suffragette Brooch I'm not really sure of the story behind this Suffragette Brooch but it's been in the family for a number of years. It ... Contributed by Individual
  5. Shillelagh owned by Daniel O'Connell Shillelagh owned by Daniel O'Connell Shillelagh owned by Daniel O'Connell the Irish Liberator, after whom O'Connell Street in Dublin is named. It was left ... Contributed by Individual
  6. A book signed by Maurice Cornforth A book signed by Maurice Cornforth In the mid 1980s I bought a copy of the Webbs’ “Soviet Communism- a New Civilisation?��? from a Communist bookshop. On ... Contributed by Individual
  7. Bust of Lenin in Gun Metal Bust of Lenin in Gun Metal My Grandfather (George Short) attended the Lenin School in Moscow in 1929. On graduating he was given a small bust of ... Contributed by Individual
  8. Amharic 'feedel' (letter) Amharic 'feedel' (letter) This is the 'feedel' of the sound 'yu' in the Ethiopian Amharic language. The feedel is from a marble slab with the ... Contributed by Individual
  9. spies for peace RSG-6 pamphlet spies for peace RSG-6 pamphlet a group calling themselves "spies for peace" broke into a secret government bunker and copied documents relating to ... Contributed by Individual
  10. First Automatic Secret Ballot Box First Automatic Secret Ballot Box This is the first automatic secret ballot box. It was built and patented in Merthyr Tydfil by a grocer William Gould. ... Contributed by Museum
  11. Peterloo Massacre Handkerchief Peterloo Massacre Handkerchief A meeting of reformers demanding the right to vote was dispersed in Manchester in 1819, with 18 dead and over 400 ... Contributed by Museum
  12. Smuggler's sword Smuggler's sword THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. POLPERRO MUSEUM. Robert Mark, a Polperro ... Contributed by Museum
  13. Banksy's Paint Pot Angel Banksy's Paint Pot Angel Banksy’s urban art has a universal and timeless appeal - the bandit and folk hero fighting corporate culture. Contributed by Museum
  14. Votes for women sash Votes for women sash White silk sash with purple and green stripes and the words Votes for Women. In the photo it is worn by Bessie Watson. Contributed by Museum
  15. Nuisance book Nuisance book THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. LISKEARD AND DISTRICT MUSEUM. Henry Rice ... Contributed by Museum
  16. Civil War helmet Civil War helmet THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. LISKEARD AND DISTRICT MUSEUM. Cornwall was ... Contributed by Museum
  17. Viva Geevor T-shirt Viva Geevor T-shirt THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. GEEVOR TIN MINE. When the price of tin ... Contributed by Museum
  18. Flamank coat of arms Flamank coat of arms THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. BODMIN MUSEUM. In 1497, outraged by tax ... Contributed by Museum
  19. 'Am I Not a Man and a Brother?' 'Am I Not a Man and a Brother?' This engraving, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Bayou Bend’s object, is an original printed broadside that depicts a ... Contributed by Individual
  20. John Passmore Edwards John Passmore Edwards THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. ST AGNES MUSEUM. John Passmore Edwards was ... Contributed by Museum
  21. Billy Connolly's Banana Boots Billy Connolly's Banana Boots These boots were designed and made for Billy Connolly by the Glasgow pop artist, Edmund Smith, in 1975. Contributed by Museum
  22. J. D Carr's anti-Corn Law waistcoat J. D Carr's anti-Corn Law waistcoat J.D Carr's anti-Corn Law waistcoat. It is decorated with ears of wheat; some are inscribed with the word 'Free'. Contributed by Museum
  23. Tin ingot Tin ingot Ingot of tin, Cornwall's major export Contributed by Museum
  24. Thomas Clarkson's Travelling Chest Thomas Clarkson's Travelling Chest Clarkson collected many items which he kept in the chest and used in his active campaign against the slave trade Contributed by Museum
  25. Rosary or 'Paternoster' Rosary or 'Paternoster' Made of boxwood , this rosary has a series of small and large beads, with some in the form of the cross. Contributed by Museum
  26. The 'Brookes' slave ship model The 'Brookes' slave ship model Model of a slave ship showing the terrible conditions enslaved Africans had to endure during the Atlantic crossing. Contributed by Museum
  27. Mir Sayyad's dagger Mir Sayyad's dagger An eighteenth century fighting dagger from Southern India. Contributed by Museum
  28. Tom's Fragments of the Berlin Wall Tom's Fragments of the Berlin Wall These fragments of the Berlin Wall were picked up by my father and grandfather at the time the Berlin Wall was being ... Contributed by Individual
  29. Death mask of Thomas Paine Death mask of Thomas Paine Thomas Paine's death mask, showing a peaceful face - in contrast to his life which was full of drama and controversy. Contributed by Museum
  30. Pontefract's secret ballot box, 1872 Pontefract's secret ballot box, 1872 Pontefract's secret ballot box, 1872. For the first time people voted in secret by placing an ‘X’ on a ballot paper. Contributed by Museum
  31. Italian sugar bag Italian sugar bag Paper bag of sugar from Italy which was sent to support striking miners in Yorkshire during the Miners' Strike of 1984. Contributed by Museum
  32. Rose given to Dodford Chartist settlers Rose given to Dodford Chartist settlers After the failure of the Chartist petition's MP Fergus O'conner came up with the National Land Company. The idea was to ... Contributed by Individual
  33. Truncheon issued in General Strike 1926 Truncheon issued in General Strike 1926 For eight days in May 1926 thousands of workers went on strike in support of the miners, who were being asked by the ... Contributed by Individual
  34. E Pankhurst - Manchester Registrar E Pankhurst - Manchester Registrar My object is my Father's registation of birth. He was born on th 5th December 1899 when Mrs Pankhurst lived & worked in ... Contributed by Individual
  35. A toy tank A toy tank The toy pink tank is a souvenir of a revolt by activists in Prague against a real Soviet tank that since 1945 had sat on ... Contributed by Individual
  36. Lost Lives Lost Lives How do you tell the story of Northern Ireland's Troubles, the conflict between Irish republicans and the British army, ... Contributed by Museum
  37. Electric guitar pickup Electric guitar pickup Well I guess you could argue that the electric guitar pickup changes (through Rock and Roll)our entire culture, one of ... Contributed by Individual
  38. Unpublished Penguin ‘Satanic Verses’ Unpublished Penguin ‘Satanic Verses’ This is the Penguin paperback edition of Salman Rushdie's novel "Satanic Verses". Despite trade promotion copies (such ... Contributed by Individual
  39. Poland Arise Poland Arise The ring signifies the struggle for the 'Risen Poland' and refers to the Third Partition of 1795 when Poland was ... Contributed by Individual
  40. ANC Mandela For President badge ANC Mandela For President badge We visited Cape Town in April 1994 and were given this. The ANC had only recently become a leagal organisation and it ... Contributed by Individual
  41. Greenham Common fence wire Greenham Common fence wire This piece of wire was cut from the fence at Greenham Common air base during the anti-Cruise missile protests in the ... Contributed by Individual
  42. Suffragette memorabilia - arrest warrant Suffragette memorabilia - arrest warrant My great grandmother, Alice Hawkins, was a suffragette a 100 years ago and was first arrested outside the Houses of ... Contributed by Individual
  43. 1980 steel strike button badges 1980 steel strike button badges A symbol of how a decade started, these button badges were circulated amongst striking British Steel workers during the ... Contributed by Individual
  44. Romanian revolution flag 1989 Romanian revolution flag 1989 The revolutionary flag was created by cutting the despised communist coat arms arms from the national flag. The media ... Contributed by Individual
  45. Poster of Portugese Revolution 25.4.74 Poster of Portugese Revolution 25.4.74 This represents the Carnation Revolution of 1974, when the Portugese nation freed itself from a fascist, repressive ... Contributed by Individual
  46. Throne of Weapons Throne of Weapons Throne made by an artist from Mozambique from European weapons used in and collected after the civil war Contributed by The British Museum
  47. Miss Ethel Scott - Black British athlete Miss Ethel Scott - Black British athlete Photo-montage of pioneering black British athlete Ethel Scott with her competitors badges for the Women's European Games ... Contributed by Individual
  48. Apartheid Pass Book Apartheid Pass Book This book would have stipulated where a Black South African was allowed to work, and travel during the Apartheid era in ... Contributed by Individual
  49. Hand carved American prisoner of war box Hand carved American prisoner of war box The box was hand carved by an American prisoner of war in Mill Prison near Plymouth. The initials on the box are S.C. ... Contributed by Individual
  50. Suffragette-defaced penny Suffragette-defaced penny Penny minted in 1903, and illegally stamped by suffragettes with the slogan Contributed by The British Museum

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