During the battle of Dirschau the king was shot and wounded but survived after which the shirt was given to the royal armoury, which he had founded with the intent to show of plunder from Poland but also things like this.
During an inventory in 1748 the shirt was described like this.
“A shirt with a collar, torn and bloody. This garment his royal Majesty wore when the most honourable King was shot in the side or hip in Prussia, and for his high esteem and dignity it was not to be sold at any price.”
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During the battle of Dirschau the king was shot and wounded but survived after which the shirt was given to the royal armoury, which he had founded with the intent to show of plunder from Poland but also things like this.
During an inventory in 1748 the shirt was described like this.
“A shirt with a collar, torn and bloody. This garment his royal Majesty wore when the most honourable King was shot in the side or hip in Prussia, and for his high esteem and dignity it was not to be sold at any price.”