Memorabilia

Numerous objects trigger countless memories and tell wonderful stories: From the last flag flying at Government House to the menus for the Queen’s birthday, to the Jewish newspapers printed in the internment camps of Famagusta, to Cyprus cigarette boxes and Government House guest books, etc.

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  • 21th Century
  • 20th Century
  • 19th Century
  • 18th Century

Silver Moon cigarettes
1960

“Isle of Cyprus cigarettes”
ca. 1910 - 1920

State Express 555
ca. 1950

Agrino safety matches
ca. 1960

State Express Cigarettes
ca. 1940

Pair of sandals for hamam (Turkish bath)
ca. 1900

Pair of sandals for hamam (Turkish bath)
ca. 1860

Brass tas (bath bowl)
1990

Statue of Black Watch soldier
ca. 1920

A mosque lamp
ca. 1850

A bag of silk cocoons
[s.d.]

Wooden spoon
ca. 1960

Relics of the Union Jack which flew over the Government House and was burnt in the uprising of 1931.
1931 - 10

Flower from silk cocoon
2012 - 04

Menu of Government House for the Queen’s birthday 1885
1885

Souvenir from Famagusta
2006

Menu of Government House for the Queen’s birthday, 1883
1883

Commemorative ceramic plaques of Mevlevi Museum
2002--12--17

Menu of Government House for the Queen’s birthday 1882
1882

Insignia of World War II
1945

Insignia of the Cyprus Regiment during the British colonial period
ca. 1920

Insignia of the Cyprus Regiment during the British colonial period
ca. 1920

Commemorative cruciform figurine
2007--12--31

Insignia of the Cyprus Regiment during the British colonial period
ca. 1920