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• Christmas card

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Davidson Bros, London

  First World War period British Christmas card. British Home Front associations.

• playing cards, British, 'The Prince of Wales National Relief Fund 1914' playing cards

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: De La Rue & Co, London

  Pack of First World War period playing cards made in England by De La Rue and Company (London) for distribution to service personnel via 'The Prince of Wales National Relief Fund 1914'. The Fund was inaugurated on 7 August 1914 and local committees were...

• 'The Blinded Soldiers' & Sailors' Gift Book' jigsaw

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  First World War period jigsaw, which was either sold with, or as an addition to, the Gift Book itself, and the funds raised were intended to assist the work of the 'St Dunstan's' charity (established in 1915 to support and retrain war-blinded ex-...

• 'War Tactics or Can Great Britain Be Invaded?

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Lowe and Carr (23 and 25 Belvoir Street, Leicester) 1911

  Immediate pre-First World War British board game, reflecting the production and widespread popularity of anti-German 'war scare' literature of the period.

• ring made of salvaged metal from the German airship SL11

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Fragment of salvaged metal from the First World War German airship SL11 made into finger ring and sold to raise money for the Red Cross. The airship was shot down in flames at Cuffley, Hertfordshire by Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson on 2-3 September...

• booklet, 'Destruction of Zeppelin

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: T. Mathews & Co. Ltd., Leicester

  First World War period commemorative booklet inspired by the destruction of the German Army airship SL11 at Cuffley, Hertfordshire, on the night of 2/3 September 1916. The airship, which was destroyed by Lieutenant William Leefe-Robinson (39 Squadron,...

• 'War Tactics or Can Great Britain Be Invaded?

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Lowe and Carr 1911

  Immediate pre-First World War British board game, reflecting the production and widespread popularity of anti-German 'war scare' literature of the period.

• card, commemorative

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Burgess, London (printer) 1917

  First World War British mourning card commemorating the civilians who were killed as a result of a German air raid on London on 13 June 1917. The raid was the first daylight air attack carried out by German Gotha aircraft on the capital. (See also EPH...

• 'The Semaphore Simplified' training cards

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Gale & Polden Ltd, Aldershot

  First World War period British semaphore training cards used to train signallers in semaphore.

• playing cards, British, 'Bystander 'Fragments' Playing Cards ('Well if you knows a better 'ole, go to it')

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Chas Goodhall & Son Ltd

  First World War period pack of British playing cards utilising designs by Bruce Bairnsfather, published by Chas. Goodhall and Son Ltd (for the Proprietors of 'The Bystander' magazine). The pack is complete and unopened (with seal intact). Bairnsfather's...