Campo 52- illustration vintage print

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  1. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    IMG_9058.jpeg IMG_9052.jpeg IMG_9056.jpeg IMG_9057.jpeg IMG_9053.jpeg IMG_9054.jpeg IMG_9055.jpeg Hi all,this is interesting. I did find references to some other print copies and related discussions (but not that many) I understand Arthur Douglas was a Pow and he became known for his cartoon sketches. I was wondering if anyone knows more about these
    prints? Were they numbered and how were they distributed? Frame size is about 44cm x 54cm. The frame looks perhaps 60’s or so to me. Some of the writing is cut-off by the frame (so the illustration itself is/was obviously a little bigger) Thanks for any comments. This impression shows the:
    The daily lives of Commonwealth soldiers captured in North Africa in an Italian POW camp.

    https://ehive.com/collections/3009/objects/165684/cartoon-sketch-ww2
     
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    Boland, Nov 18, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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    In the 70's I knew a retired bank manager, who whilst in the army in WWII was captured by the Germans in Germany.
    He was transferred to an Italian POW camp, where he was treated worse than a rat.
    He lost half his body weight whilst interned.

    Thankfully for him, the Italians surrendered to the allies and swapped sides, and he was taken back to Germany to live out the remainder of the war in better health.
     
    daveydempsey, Nov 18, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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    Boland Well-Known Member

    So many heartbreaking stories. The war was just one big extremely sad and very very terrible thing!!
     
    Boland, Nov 18, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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