Jigsaw puzzle: Douglas Haig

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

36564

Title

Jigsaw puzzle: Douglas Haig

Description

Jisgaw puzzle: Douglas Haig. Cardboard box with paper label on which is printed: 'Bon Marche Jig-saw Puzzle. Brixton, London, S.W. (Obtainable in Bazaar)'. 'For David' has been written in ink on the label.

Date

1918

Type

Toy

Location

Museum of Edinburgh

Accession number

N/A

This 110 piece puzzle features a photographic portrait of Sir Douglas Haig (later Earl Haig), commander of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front for much of World War 1. An image of a military leader seems an unlikely subject for a child's jigsaw to today's eyes, but during World War 1 children knew the names and biographies of all the key military figures.

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