22098 Shield

Photo by Dr Corinna Erckenbrecht

Photo by Dr Corinna Erckenbrecht

Accession Number: 22098

Museum: Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne

Date Acquired:

Collector: Hermann Klaatsch (1863-1916)

Date Collected: c.1904

Where from: Palmer River

Description: L880 x W280mm; Boss: L160 x W80mm

Painted shield; on the back is the Cologne and Leipzig number (446; same as Klaatsch number); orange paint, and perhpas some black on the back.

Klaatsch’s number 446; Klaatsch received it  from police inspector who thought it was 30 years old at the time (c.1904). (Dr Corinna Erckenbrecht)

See: ‘Hermann Klaatsch’ authored by Corinna Erckenbrecht

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