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Hollow wooden bolt used to carry messages, 1943 (c)

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Hollow wooden bolt used to carry messages, 1943 (c)

Writing messages and diaries was banned in Japanese POW camps in the Second World War (1939-1945). To get around this, ingenious methods of hiding messages were found. For example here a hollow wooden model of a metal bolt has been made that can carry rolled up pieces of paper.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1996-06-126-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study Collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1996-06-126-1