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OBJECT TYPE: lithograph/limited edition/framed
DATE: 1999
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0334.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Stalag Luft III Tunnel Martyrs
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 1/250
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper print; glass; aluminum frame; steel connectors & hanging hooks; unidentified backing

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 100.5 cm
Width: 70.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 2.2 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Holder
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: original painting produced 1998/ this lithograph series with portraits around border produced 1999; events depicted took place March 1944
Canada: a number of the executed escapees were Canadian officers
Function: display/ commemorates men killed in "The Great Escape"
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: caption of main central picture reads: "North Compound/Stalag Luft III, Sagan/March 1944"; portrait images captioned (name, service, nationality); hand written signature on canvas of main image at lower right: "Holder/98"; hand written signature in pencil on border at lower right: "Holder/99"
Missing: hanging wire
Finish: colour lithographic image/ 50 b + w portrait images around border
Decoration: main picture is collage of images of events relating to "The Great Escape"; including a scale diagram of the tunnel code-named "Harry"/ surrounding it on border are portrait portrait images of 50 of the men killed during & after escape

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1999, Artifact no. 1999.0334, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0334.001/

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