-40%

1917 1918 FRENCH PATRIOTIC WW1 WWI CALENDAR

$ 5.27

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: France
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Theme: Militaria
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Modified Item: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
  • Condition: See pictures, printed in Paris, genuine first world war item, very fine condition

    Description

    Interesting 1918 calendar printed in france before the final victory. It shows the statue of liberty surrounded by allied countries flags & legend "le triomphe du droit, pour la liberté des peuples" (
    the triumph of the right, for the freedom of peoples). On reverse, patrotic sentences by french politicians and military.
    Size
    : 90 X 66 mm
    These WW1 "charity day" fundraising souvenirs (cardboard insignia, thin stamped medals, pin badges, more rarely bronze or silver medals) were sold during the Great War to raise money for a variety of causes : mainly supporting the troops fighting on the various fronts, supporting the war effort, supporting wounded soldiers (or having caught tuberculosis)
    , soldier's widows, orphans, thanking allied countries, etc...