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Cocos Island Axe
Wooden handled axe used by the German raiding party when they attacked the telegraph station on Cocos Island during World War One. In 1914, disguised as a merchant vessel, the German warship 'Emden' landed a party of soldiers on the Cocos Islands. The soldiers destroyed telegraph equipment using this axe and cut the undersea cables that linked Britain to Australia. One telegraph worker, however, h…
Emne
- telegraphy
Type af genstand
- axe
- Axé
- axes (tools)
Dato
- 1914
- 1914
Ejerinstiution
Aggregator
Rettigheder for medierne i denne optagelse (medmindre andet er angivet)
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Nuværende placering
- Porthcurno
Oprindelse
- Telegraph Museum, Porthcurno
Identifikator
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Telegraph Museum/2002PK037
- 2002PK037
Omfang
- Height: 77.0 cm; Width: 28.0 cm; Depth: 6.0 cm
År
- 1914
Leverende land
- Europe
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- 2016-06-02T12:33:16.990Z
Sidste gang opdateret fra den ejerinstiution
- 2019-10-18T17:42:02.671Z