Certificate for donating funds to servicemen

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

36525

Title

Christmas Day Gifts certificate for donating funds to support servicemen

Description

Christmas Day Gifts certificate for donating funds to support servicemen. Printed in colour on cream paper. Features an image of children giving gifts to a soldier and sailor, an image of ships and the flags of the empire. The name 'Mary Prentice' is written in ink.

Artist / maker

Sibbald, B

Date

1915

Type

Document

Location

Museum of Edinburgh

Accession number

EF11253/2/2004

The aim of the fundraising campaign for which this certificate was produced was to encourage school children to donate pocket money to provide Christmas comforts for the servicemen of the Empire. The certificate was printed by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons ltd, London.

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Events > Wars > War reliefs

Events > Wars > World wars

Military > Military vehicles > War ships

People > Children > Schoolchildren

People > Military activities > Sailors

People > Military activities > Soldiers

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