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1917 1918 FRENCH PATRIOTIC WW1 WWI CALENDAR
$ 5.27
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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...