WW1 Australia / Tasmania - Collection of Tasmanian Fund Raising Patriotic Tinnies - Stokes

A collection of 4 different WW1 fund raising tinnies, all for O.A.S. (On Active Service) fund raising for comforts for the troops. They have their maker's labels ( Alfred E.S. Stokes, 228 Pitt Street, Sydney) to the reverse and original pin fittings. Some foxing showing through the illustrations and rusting to the pins, but generally in above average condition and quite scarce.

Some 15,485 Tasmanian men enlisted during the Great War. With some 13,000 of those serving overseas, of whom half became casualties, and with 2432 of those losing their lives.

D71.1(1)

Code: 59085