World War 1 - Memorabilia Pack

These replica packs are great educational tools. Packed with so much info and buts and pieces that make them so interesting.

I bought this to go with a pack of World War 1 Playing cards in order to make a Diary for a magic effect, works very well!

This World War 1 - Memorabilia Pack is an ideal teaching aid for both school age children and for adults seeking to learn more about WW1. As with all of these packs, they come as a small and informative collection of ephemera, here representing the 1914-1918 war. The smallest items are a collection of cigarette size cards in the form of recruiting posters and photographs of weapons of war of the period, the cards originally issued by Wills tobacco products, in an era when nearly every man smoked. The Temperance Movement encouraged men to "Sign the Pledge" a patriotic duty to stay alcohol free for the war, and we have a copy of the Patriotic Pledge signed by serviceman, David Thomas. Propaganda cards, an Identity Card,and several forms and information leaflets aimed at the home front are included, giving a mental picture of what life was like with food rationing and the threat of invasion. A small 30 page booklet titled "When I Join The Ranks" and issued to all men on joining up, is included and this gives an overview of do's and don'ts, pay rates, and discipline, with no hint or suggestion of the horrors to come. Probably the most significant piece of ephemera here is a copy of the Confidential Medical Report into the illness of 2/Lieutenant Wilfred Owen, who was sent to the Welsh Hospital at Netley and later to the War Hospital in Edinburgh. Owen is now considered one of the important writers and war poets of his day. A copy of The Star newspaper from November 11, 1918 announcing the Armistice rounds off this most interesting pack. Ideal primary source material for the period, which if used in conjunction with films of the day should provide at least an idea of what the Great War was like for both those at home and the men and women who were sacrificed in it's wake. Another good product in the Memorabilia range. Worth the money.

My little boy loved this pack, he was more excited about opening this at Christmas than he was his main present! As you can guess he has a very big interest in war memorabilia.

Fantastic set , very interesting to flick through, i got them to display with my great war medal collection, the only thing I didn't like was the word COPY printed on the bottom of most of the items, but I suppose it's to stop confusion with originals, other than that I am very pleased with the pack

Interesting to see how media was used to raise people's patriotic fervor against evil. As it is still done today by all government's.

I used this memorabilia pack to create a shop window display for 100th anniversary of Armistice. The quality of the replicas was very impressive (not at all cheap or tacky like some that are out there) and many people who looked at the display actually believed them to be originals. Great for anyone with an interest in WW1, projects, displays or similar. I recommend these 100%.

Excellent resource I am going to use this as part of a display in church during come ration of the Great War a lot of variety in pack would recommend . Arrived very promptly and well packaged