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Metal army service whistle with red ribbon and embroidered epaulette
Add to boardHaversack and strap: khaki canvas web haversack and shoulder strap. The haversack features a flap that is secured with two brass buckles fitted to the front face. The flap is marked (stencilled in black) 'SHELL DRESSINGS', and beneath, on the main pack, is painted a red cross on a white circular background.
Add to boardBayonet and scabbard
Add to boardEntrenching tool head and helve. Standard entrenching tool, top of helve bound in blackened metal band; helve handle light wood painted light green.
Add to boardPoster showing cartoon images of WW1 German soldiers committing war crimes, like bayoneting a baby
Add to boardU.S. Army recruitment poster showing a gorilla with a German army helmet labelled ‘militarism’ holding a bloody club and a half-naked woman as he stomps onto the shore of America.
Add to boardPoster showing a depressed German soldier advertising an exposition of captured German Army equipment.
Add to boardPrint showing a man being threatened by wild animals.
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External Site Links
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Western Front Association information on WW1 soldiers’ uniform
WW1 Centenary website - article on WW1 uniform shortages
Wikipedia page on WW1 British Army soldiers’ uniform
British Library Article on WW1 Atrocity propaganda
Leeds University Liddle Collection: images of WW1 propaganda posters
Wikipedia article on Anti-German sentiment in WW1
IWM WW1 soldier's home-made flask
National Army videos on WW1 army uniform
Forces War Records - History of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment