Certificate - Good Conduct, awarded to Kitty Daines
1916
1989.510
LCC Good conduct certificate to Kitty Daines
First World War
Width (Whole): 248mm
Height (Whole): 318mm
Height (Whole): 318mm
From the exhibition 'The Art of War – Posters & Propaganda from the First World War' [23 February – 28 May 2016]
A New Crusade?
The crusades were medieval wars over 500 years ago declared by various Popes in the name of protecting Christendom from Islam.
The illustrations on this certificate compares the patriotism of a solider with a crusading knight. This may have been a reference to one of the opposition countries, the Ottoman Empire (now modern Turkey), the world’s largest independent Islamic power at the time.
A New Crusade?
The crusades were medieval wars over 500 years ago declared by various Popes in the name of protecting Christendom from Islam.
The illustrations on this certificate compares the patriotism of a solider with a crusading knight. This may have been a reference to one of the opposition countries, the Ottoman Empire (now modern Turkey), the world’s largest independent Islamic power at the time.
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