Fumsup / Touchwood Charm
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Fumsup / Touchwood Charm
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Subject |
Unknown
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Notes |
A silver charm possibly made for soldiers to wear on their buttons for good luck. So called as the arms can be raised with the thumbs in the air. The head, made of wood, was touched or rubbed to bring the wearer good luck.
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Item date |
1914 - 1918
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Creation place |
Unknown
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Content | |
Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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Filename |
GWA_1905_touchwood_resize.jpg
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Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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Digital repository | |
Contributor name |
Lewis Trickey
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Collection
Citation
“Fumsup / Touchwood Charm,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 10, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/3604.
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