cover 1916 (25 Jan.) large envelope (218x140 mm., some minor faults) addressed to Harwich bearing K.G.V 1d., showing amusing patriotic scene of a British sailor wearing boxing gloves facing a bare-fisted German soldier, the sailor is being attended by a shopkeeper and sustained with a bottle of beer, the inscription below reads "Don't hurt him, Jack - our Foreign Office wouldn't like it", executed in pen, ink and water-colour | Christie's

Lot 466

466

cover 1916 (25 Jan.) large envelope (218x140 mm., some minor faults) addressed to Harwich bearing K.G.V 1d., showing amusing patriotic scene of a British sailor wearing boxing gloves facing a bare-fisted German soldier, the sailor is being attended by a shopkeeper and sustained with a bottle of beer, the inscription below reads "Don't hurt him, Jack - our Foreign Office wouldn't like it", executed in pen, ink and water-colour

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cover 1916 (25 Jan.) large envelope (218x140 mm., some minor faults) addressed to Harwich bearing K.G.V 1d., showing amusing patriotic scene of a British sailor wearing boxing gloves facing a bare-fisted German soldier, the sailor is being attended by a shopkeeper and sustained with a bottle of beer, the inscription below reads "Don't hurt him, Jack - our Foreign Office wouldn't like it", executed in pen, ink and water-colour