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‘Theodore’s shirt’

Published / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a Comment

What: Shirt said to have belonged to the emperor

Where: The Duke of Wellington’s Regimental Museum, Bankfield Museum, Boothtown Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 6HG

A shirt, apparently made out of a delicate mesh of reeds, popularly known as Theodore’s shirt, though there is no proof the emperor wore it.

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