AWM Collection Record: P00110.024

AWM image P00110.024

ID Number: P00110.024
Place made: Germany: Hohenfels
Date made: c 1944
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: "APART FROM THE "EMPIRE GAMES" A NUMBER OF ATHLETIC MEETINGS WERE HELD AT STALAG 383 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. THE ANZACS CHOSE TO STAGE AN EVENT IN VICTORIAN STYLE WITH BETTING, S.P. ODDS AND THE REST. THE TAB BOARD SHOWS WEST THE FAVOURITE FOR THE 100 METRES HANDICAP (ALL WAGERS WERE IN CIGARETTES) MATT KESHAM IS SEATED AT RIGHT."(DONOR T.WEST)
Copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
Copyright holder: Copyright Expired
Related subject: Gambling; Prisoners of war; Smoking; Sports meetings; Track events
Related unit: German POW Camps
Related place: Germany: Bavaria; Germany: Hohenfels
Related conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945

Last-Modified: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:01:07 GMT

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