Christmas 1914 tin
A brass tin given to British troops serving in the First World War as a gift commemorating Christmas 1914. The tins, which were distributed following a public appeal launched by the Princess Mary for donations to the "Soldiers and Sailors Christmas fund", contained a gift of tobacco, cigarettes, chocolate or sweets with a Christmas card. The tins, which were very useful watertight receptacles, w…
Creator
- Kate Fernie
Subject
- Princess Mary
- Brass tin
- containers (receptacles)
- tribute gifts
- brass (alloy)
- commemoratives
- Brass
Type of item
- 3D
Creator
- Kate Fernie
Subject
- Princess Mary
- Brass tin
- containers (receptacles)
- tribute gifts
- brass (alloy)
- commemoratives
- Brass
Type of item
- 3D
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Rights
- © Kate Fernie 2019
Creation date
- 2019
- 2019
Temporal
- 1914
- 20th century CE
- 1914
Places
- Cricklade
Provenance
- The model was created in Photoshop from images of the front and reverse of the tin, and then exported in DAE format and uploaded to Sketchfab.; Photogrammetry
Identifier
- share3d:9
- share3d:9
Format
- glTF
Language
- English
- en
Is part of
- Share3D
- United Kingdom
Relations
- A gift for Christmas: the story of Princess Mary’s Gift Fund, 1914 by Diana Condell in IWM Review (No. 4–1989) p 69–78
Year
- 2019
- 1914
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2024-03-28T17:01:23.411Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-12-09T11:24:27.667Z