Illustration
The contents of a Princess Mary's Gift Tin, given at Christmas to all soldiers and sailors in the Brtish armed forces in 1914 during the First World War (1914-18). Princess Mary (1897-1965), daughter of King George V (r. 1910-36), headed the effort to give combattants an embossed brass tin which contained a Christmas card, photographs of the king and royal family, tobacco, a pipe, a packet of cigarettes, and a tinder lighter. For those who did not smoke there was a version with sweets and a pencil case. (Imperial War Museums)
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