Laminated poster featuring a soldier behind barb-wire clutching a food parcel with the words "a bit of home"

Maker and role
Lowe & Brydone Ltd.: Printer Production date
1940
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Laminated poster featuring a soldier behind barb-wire clutching a food parcel with the words "a bit of home". Produced during the Second World War by the Joint War Organisation of the British Red Cross and Order of St John, appealing for donations in order to send food parcels to British prisoners of war.
Collection Type
Objects
Production Place
England/London
Media/Materials
Paper
Inscription
Printed: RED CROSS & St. JOHN "NEEDS YOUR HELP FOR PRISONERS OF WAR":
bottom of poster
Catalogue Number
H/POST/2002/1
Associated Person and Role
Joint War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem

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Maker
Lowe & Brydone Ltd.
Associated Person
Joint War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem

Subject auto tags

poster text advertising vintage clothing

Object Types

poster Printed Docs (museum)

Place Made

London England United Kingdom

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