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British Red Cross Society collection box - number 1
c. 1940Overview
Wooden collection box featuring a female Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) figure in uniform. Blue painted box with coin slot on the top and featuring wooden VAD figure (upper body) in indoor uniform gesturing towards coin slot and words 'Thank You' in red below coin slot. The words 'British Red Cross Society' feature in red on the front of the box underneath a Red Cross emblem. The box is emptied via a wooden panel in the base. Paint has cracked and come away from parts of the figure and it has a repaired break across the neck.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-119-RoW00088
Item type
Width
180 mm
Height or length
220 mm
Depth
105 mm
Inscriptions and markings
"THANK YOU"
"BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY"
Place made
United Kingdom
Year
Primary significance criteria
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Rare or representative
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