Trench humour 1915. an anti-German Christmas Card

£15.00

A 7½ x 5 ins simply produced paper with central fold reading on the right hand side [front] With Good Wishes from General Mitford and the Head Quarters, 72nd Infantry Brigade. Christmas 1915. The left side [back when folded] shows sleeping German soldiers wearing pickelahaube spiked helmets in a trench, oblivious to the fact that a British soldier above them is about to throw a smoking bomb or grenade into their position. Beneath him is written A Mince Pie. jun25/1

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Category: Manuscripts and Ephemera