University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Commemorative and Communication Artifacts
Classification
Commemorative
Military
Accession Number
1969.55.9
Description
Thick piece of steel in square and engraved fragment of bell from St. Martin's Cathedral, Ypres; mounted on black wooden block; hand written BALL carved into back of block, steeel nail sticking out of back at an angle potentially to hang the block.
Thick piece of steel in square and engraved fragment of bell from St. Martin's Cathedral, Ypres; mounted on black wooden block; hand written BALL carved into back of block, steeel nail sticking out of back at an angle potentially to hang the block.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. Harold DeWitt Ball.
At bottom of wooden block has been carved the word "BALL"; engraved on the bell fragment itself is: "FRAGMENT OF BELL // OF // ST. MARTIN'S CATHEDRAL // YPRES"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C4-1
Dimension Notes
Length 6.3 cm x Width 6.0 cm x Depth 1.9 cm
Condition Remarks
Nail sticking out of bottom, metal tarnished and shows wear