| Place | Europe: Germany |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | REL/15555 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Heraldry |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Germany |
| Date made | c 1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
German officer's corset : Captain L M M Tournouër, 9 Regiment de Chasseurs, French Army
Description
Officer's custom made fine cream cotton corset with buckle, strap and hook fastening (buckles are broken) and whalebone "ribs". Inside of corset bears manufacturer's stamp (illegible), the name and unit of the officer (only partly legible) and the date "5.3.1916". It has been repaired by hand with very fine stitches.
History / Summary
Corset taken from a German officer who was captured by the French in October 1916 at Dickiebusch, Belgium.
It was collected by Captain Louis Marie Maurice Tournouër, an officer in the 9th Regiment de Chasseurs. He served at Marshal Petain's Staff in 1915-1916 and died in Paris at the military hospital du Val de Grâce on 1 January 1917, aged 59.
His sons, who had immigrated to Australia in about 1904, served in the French or Australian Armies during the war, including 109 Corporal Gontran De Tournouër, who served in the AIF and who inherited the family title Comte de Tournouër after his father's death (Captain Tournouër died before he was informed he had become the next Comte).