The letter from George Fifth was copied and the recipients name and number typed on the top left hand corner, and was issued to every Prisoner of War returning home after the First World War, my Grandfather had one in his wallet for 60 years, it was falling to pieces, so I scanned it and stitched it together using Photoshop, I also wrote to the Queen and asked what was the significance of the letter, (My Grandfather was only 15 when he was captured at the Somme and spent the rest of the war in captivity) I thought that might have been why he received the letter. But the reply stated every prisoner received one, They were a hard lot in those days. That is the only other one I've seen, look after it and frame it. The cartoons are brilliant.
Forgot to say, the medal card is for the issue of the 3 First World War Medals, popularly known as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred, named after three cartoon characters in one of the daily papers.
The letter from George Fifth was copied and the recipients name and number typed on the top left hand corner, and was issued to every Prisoner of War returning home after the First World War, my Grandfather had one in his wallet for 60 years, it was falling to pieces, so I scanned it and stitched it together using Photoshop, I also wrote to the Queen and asked what was the significance of the letter, (My Grandfather was only 15 when he was captured at the Somme and spent the rest of the war in captivity) I thought that might have been why he received the letter. But the reply stated every prisoner received one, They were a hard lot in those days. That is the only other one I've seen, look after it and frame it. The cartoons are brilliant.
Thank you for this information-I did not know any of it!! My Grandad has it in his possession, it is stored in a 'tube'. I have a box with 'unvaluable' stuff to go through and document. School reports, newspaper cuttings, army papers etc I also have a chess-set looted from Germany during the War and a ma-hoosive stamp collection- just storing them here as he has no room, where he is.
