Brief description: cotton oblong scarf woven in fine white cotton, with drawn thread hem and embroidered with a red cross [a red cross nurse’s cap], worn by the donor’s mother during the 1939-45 war; initials MK, presumably those of the owner, embroidered on the inside above the red cross.

Associated person: K. M. Miss

height: 47.5 cm

width: 67.4 cm

Classifications:
society | health | clothing | arms

Material: woven cotten, silk thread
Condition: fair: discoloured , foxing, with some holes (wear) and a repaired fray at one edge.