Medal and Pendants:
Jerusalem Medal:
A Crusaders Medal, which was sent by Captain Henry Leahy from Jerusalem (during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of WWI) at the time of its capture by the British and Australian forces in 1918. Leahy’s daughters attended Mary’s Mount, and one, Mary, became Mother Paula IBVM.
British bullet on shield and Dutch bullet on shield:
Two bullets mounted on shields, one British and one Dutch, which were on a card reading 'Presented to the Museum by Mr John Maher’.
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A Crusaders Medal, which was sent by Captain Henry Leahy from Jerusalem (during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of WWI) at the time of its capture by the British and Australian forces in 1918. Leahy’s daughters attended Mary’s Mount, and one, Mary, became Mother Paula IBVM.
British bullet on shield and Dutch bullet on shield:
Two bullets mounted on shields, one British and one Dutch, which were on a card reading 'Presented to the Museum by Mr John Maher’.
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