31 - Facsimile Copy of Limerick Soviet Ten Shilling Note

31

Facsimile Copy of Limerick Soviet Ten Shilling Note

1 p.; clipping

A clipping of a facsimile copy of a ten shilling note issued by the Limerick Soviet. The caption notes that the photograph was published in the ‘Daily Mail’ in 1919. The note carries the inscription around the edges: ‘General Strike Against British Militarism. Limerick April 1919’; and in the centre: ‘The Workers of Limerick promise to pay the bearer ten shillings for The Limerick Trades and Labour Council’. The note is signed by the chairman and treasurer.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition