Antique & Militaria

Early WW1 Christmas 1914 Princess Mary's Brass Gift Fund Box With Contents. Sn 23484:126 - 23484:126

It was Princess Mary's express wish that 'every sailor afloat and every soldier at the front' should have the present. The gifts were devised in October 1914 and intended for distribution to all who were serving overseas or at sea, in time for Christmas 1914; afterwards, with the fund in surplus and many feeling they had been ‘left out’, distribution was extended more widely – to all who were serving, whether at home or abroad, and to prisoners of war and the next of kin of 1914 casualties. The contents of the gift fund tins varied, some with tobacco and cigarettes and others with pencils, notepads & chocolate. This is an original early WW1 Christmas 1914 Princess Mary's Brass Gift Fund Box containing correct Princess Mary Monogramed Christmas Greeting Card, sepia portrait & correct nickel plated .303 calibre form bullet pencil with inert deactivated monogramed brass casing. The price for this piece of WW1 memorabilia includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:126 (corridor shelf near hand bells)

£255.00