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Object Name
Fountain Pen
Place Made
Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Description
Black pen with traces of dried blood on the nib. This pen was used to sign the Ulster Covenant in the blood of its owner. It belonged to Major Fred Crawford, who would go on to mastermind the Unionist gun-running of April 1914.
Materials
vulcanite
Date Collected
1953
1953
Catalogue Number
BELUM.O216.1953
Copyright
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