Detail View: Rylands Collection: Dead Man's Penny

Image Number: 
JRL1100018dc
Reference Number: 
Uncatalogued, Box 23
Image Title: 
Dead Man's Penny
Series Title: 
Hargreaves-Mawdsley Family Papers
Date Created: 
1914-1918
Page/Sheet: 
recto
Description: 
A commemorative penny for Norman Hargreaves Mawdsley. It is engraved with the words 'He died for freedom and honour.'
Subject: 
Commemorative coins
Category of Material: 
Archives
Technique Used: 
Engraving (printing process)
Medium: 
Metal
Time Period Covered: 
20th Century CE
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Private papers
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2010-08-06
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB