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Certificate for donating funds to servicemen
Sibbald, B, 1915, Document
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Certificate for donating funds to servicemen
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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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