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Description: | 1914 From Mrs Aitken to the Soldiers. AF
Packet of cigarettes, of which 10,000 were distributed to wounded French and British soldiers at Havre on 14th September 1914, after the Battle of the Marne, by Mrs May Aitken, of Bodelwyddan Castle, Flintshire.
Slim card packet with card drawer insert containing five unused cigarettes, the packet is white and printed on both sides with the crossed Allied flags of Britain and France, above which are the initials 'AF' surrounded by a printed blue wreath, below the flags is the following printed inscription in blue: '1914 From Mrs Aitken to the Soldiers' | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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