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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.2015.7.8 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name postcrd, plin postcrd Description Plain buff coloured postcard with written in pencil 'Mrs Mickleburgh 17, Beck Street, Ipswich, Suffolk' and 'O.H.M.S.' the postmark is for 31 May 1940. On the reverse in pencil is 'Safe in England' written by Harold Robert Mickleburgh to inform his wife he had been evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk having spent four days on the beaches under heavy enemy fire. He only possessions were cigarettes, a lighter, a tin hat, underpants and a blanket when he was rescued. Production date 1940 Production period 20th Century Inscription Content IPSMG:R.2015.7.8 Material card Technique handwritten Dimensions width: 138.00 mm height: 88.00 mm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.2015.7.8
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

postcrd, plin postcrd
Description

Plain buff coloured postcard with written in pencil 'Mrs Mickleburgh 17, Beck Street, Ipswich, Suffolk' and 'O.H.M.S.' the postmark is for 31 May 1940. On the reverse in pencil is 'Safe in England' written by Harold Robert Mickleburgh to inform his wife he had been evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk having spent four days on the beaches under heavy enemy fire. He only possessions were cigarettes, a lighter, a tin hat, underpants and a blanket when he was rescued.
Production date

1940
Production period

20th Century
Inscription Content

IPSMG:R.2015.7.8
Material

card
Technique

handwritten
Dimensions

Details