Scarce WWI Letter and Princess Mary Christmas card and photo - A letter from a soldier…

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Scarce WWI Letter and Princess Mary Christmas card and photo - A letter from a soldier…

Scarce WWI Letter and Princess Mary Christmas card and photo - A letter from a soldier called Joseph Morton (Joe) referring to the WWI Christmas Truce of 1914.  The letter asks his father to keep safe the Princess Mary 1914 Christmas Card and photo that is with the letter. He also talks of nearly being hit by a shell and meeting a German soldier on Christmas Day, German officers removing buttons from tunics on Christmas Day and Boxing Day and giving them to him. Includes Joe first communion card from 1910

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£300.00
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