Princess Mary Christmas Fund Gift Tin with Contents
| Title |
Princess Mary Christmas Fund Gift Tin with Contents
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| Subject |
Unknown
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| Notes |
The then Princess Mary (and others!) thought the war would be over by Christmas 1914, so wished to send a gift to all the currently serving forces. The money for the gift was raised by charity collection.
The tins contained either (for a smoker) cigarettes and pipe tobacco, or (for non-smokers) sweets. Other gifts included spices for Indian troops etc. With the main contents other items were also included, such as, e.g. a bullet pencil or pipe. Most tins included a Christmas card and photograph. This example contains the bullet pencil, Christmas Card, photograph, and packet of opened cigarettes. The Gospel of St. John was not given as a gift by the Christmas fund, but was found in the tin. |
| Item date |
December 1914 - 1918
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| Creation place |
Unknown
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| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
2
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| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Lewis Trickey
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Collection
Citation
“Princess Mary Christmas Fund Gift Tin with Contents,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 18, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8940.
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