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title: Princess Mary's Gift Tin, 1914
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19763/princess-marys-gift-tin-1914/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2024-12-10
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# Princess Mary's Gift Tin, 1914

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## Image File

[![Princess Mary's Gift Tin, 1914](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19763.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19763.png)

## Image Caption

The contents of a Princess Mary's Gift Tin, given at Christmas to all soldiers and sailors in the Brtish armed forces in 1914 during the First World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1914-18). Princess Mary (1897-1965), daughter of King George V (r. 1910-36), headed the effort to give combattants an embossed brass tin which contained a Christmas card, photographs of the king and royal family, tobacco, a pipe, a packet of cigarettes, and a tinder lighter. For those who did not smoke there was a version with sweets and a pencil case. (Imperial War Museums)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museums, I. W. (2024, December 10). Princess Mary's Gift Tin, 1914. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19763/princess-marys-gift-tin-1914/>
### Chicago
Museums, Imperial War. "Princess Mary's Gift Tin, 1914." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 10, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19763/princess-marys-gift-tin-1914/>.
### MLA
Museums, Imperial War. "Princess Mary's Gift Tin, 1914." *World History Encyclopedia*, 10 Dec 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19763/princess-marys-gift-tin-1914/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30081969) by **Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 10 December 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.