Shellshocked watch

1940

Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei
Amsterdam, Netherlands

On 14 May 1940, German planes sighted the Dutch gunboat Johan Maurits van Nassau just off the coast of the town of Callantsoog. Earlier the ship had successfully helped to defend the Afsluitdijk, the large enclosure dam in the north of the Netherlands.

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Title: Shellshocked watch
Date: 1940
Location: Kornwerderzand
Physical Dimensions: h 30 mm x w 28 mm
Provenance: From the collection of the Casemate Museum in Kornwerderzand, Province of Friesland
External Link: More information and (historical) photos, http://www.tweedewereldoorlog.nl/100voorwerpen/voorwerp/gebombardeerd-horloge/
Provenance Link: http://www.kazemattenmuseum.nl/?land=nl&id=0

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