Monument to those 50 officers who were shot Accession Number: ART34781.022

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Depict a drawing of the Monument to those 50 officers who were shot after the break from Stalag Luft III.

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Accession Number
ART34781.022
Artist
Flight Lieutenant Albert Comber
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and ink, brush and ink wash, pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 32.3 cm x 20.9 cm
Medium
pen and ink, brush and ink wash, pencil on paper
Date Made
1945
Place Made
London
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented by the artist 1945
Copyright
AWM copyright

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