- Wikidata identifier:
- Q5203249
- Also known as:
- The D-Day Museum, D-Day Museum
- Part of:
- Portsmouth Museum Service
- Instance of:
- military museum; local authority museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 1457
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q5203249/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
The Overlord Embroidery
The Overlord Embroidery tells the story of D-Day and the 1944 Battle of Normandy. It consists of 34 panels, each 3ft x 8ft, making it 272ft (83m) in total length. It was commissioned by Lord Dulverton of Batsford, was designed by Sandra Lawrence, and was made by the Royal School of Needlework. The Overlord Embroidery is on permanent display at the D-Day Museum.
Subjects
Air force; Wartime; Military history; Landing operations; Operation Overlord (1944); Army; Operation Neptune (1944); Navy; Land operations; Naval history
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC