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Print

1918-1919 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rectangular sheet of cream paper (portrait format). Top: royal coat of arms, lettered below: BUCKINGHAM PALACE., die-stamped in red. Centre: lettered: I join with my grateful people / in sending you this memorial / of a brave life given for others / in the Great War., printed in black. Bottom: facsimile of King George V's signature printed in black.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Die-stamping and letterpress
Brief description
Covering note to accompany memorial scroll and plaque sent to the families of servicemen who died in the First World War, Britain, 1918-1919.
Physical description
Rectangular sheet of cream paper (portrait format). Top: royal coat of arms, lettered below: BUCKINGHAM PALACE., die-stamped in red. Centre: lettered: I join with my grateful people / in sending you this memorial / of a brave life given for others / in the Great War., printed in black. Bottom: facsimile of King George V's signature printed in black.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.4cm
  • Width: 12.8cm
Content description
Royal coat of arms, text, and facsimile of King George V's signature.
Credit line
Presented by the Secretary of State for War.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Accession number
E.5330-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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