Auction sale aboard a Red Cross barge - selling a German helmet, Peronne, June 1917
Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) 1917.
British nurses auction captured equipment to raise funds for the Red Cross. Similar auctions were sometimes held when a soldier was killed. His belongings would be auctioned to raise money for his next-of-kin.
From an album of 76 official photographs.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1999-11-70-48
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1999-11-70-48
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