Artwork : ArchiveNo00062

Model of Albert RN 1950s

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Contributor Name	Royal Naval Museum
Contributor Image	richardnoyce_copy.jpg
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Location	HM Naval Base (Dockyard
Collection Date	30.01.08 1.03pm
Artefact Name	Model of Albert RN
Artefact Description	Museum Ref No. 162. Prisoner of war escape dummy. Good condition. Wearing a Greatcoat, Naval Lieutenant’s uniform with cap. He has Naval Lieutenant’s rank on both shoulders. Yellow towel around his neck.
Artefact Date	1950s
Artefact Stored	Dedicated store
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Artefact Image	close_mod_web.jpg
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History of Artefact	Presented to the museum in 1985. John Worsley made the dummy. He was in ‘Marlag 0’ prison camp in East Germany where he made the original model to help Lieutenant William Mewes to escape from the camp. This was the third model made (one was made for the actual escape – this one was confiscated by the Germans and destroyed, one for the film Albert RN in the 1950's which was a reconstruction of events and this one made specifically for the Navy Museum, made in exactly the same way as the originals).
Historian	Richard Noyce
Previous Owners	John Worsley
Special Memories	Been on loan to the Imperial War museum for the Prisoner of War exhibition and to Brighton Museum for an exhibition on John Worsley. Also, been to Bonham’s auction house as well.
Artwork Image	00062_maxfin_copy.jpg

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