Object details

Category
Souvenirs and ephemera
Related period
Second World War (content)
Creator
BOARD OF TRADE (Author)
Board of Trade (Publisher)
Production date
1945
Place made
N.p.
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 21cm., Pagination: [1]p. ill.

Catalogue number
LBY K. 05 / 673

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