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Christmas 1918

JosieHolford / December 24, 2018
CHEERIO! All’s Well. FRANCE, Christmas ‑ 1918 Christmas postcard illustrated by Nora Howard, announced the end of the war. It was dedicated to members of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) on active service in France.
Christmas card from the Royal Army Medical Corps that looks forward to many wartime measures, like censorship and the Defense of the Realm Act, being thrown in the dust bin
From the 7th Division in Italy “Letters from Home.” 1918 Christmas postcard illustrated by John Beadle.
Christmas card of the 55th (West Lancashire) Division, 1918.
British Army on the Rhine plentifully supplied with rum and a crate of Bass ale.
Santa arriving on the Good Ship Peace. Season’s Greetings from the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Christmas 1918 – Red Cross poster by  American illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith.
They might not be home yet but parcels bring Christmas cheer. Christmas At the Front 1918 (original cover page The Sphere 1918) (Matania original prints) at The Illustration Art Gallery
Menu from the American Expeditionary Forces 1918 Christmas meal at Base Hospital 202 in France.
The Landswoman Christmas number December 1918
1918 Christmas
 U.S. 77th Division
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