WWI patriotic propaganda game - 'Hang the...'
c. 1915Square wooden puzzle with a cream coloured section on the left featuring caricatures of the German Kaiser, Crown Prince and Von Tirpitz, and a larger black area on the right with embedded nails and a small red ear, eye and eyebrow. The words ''Hang the" appear in large red and black writing in a cream box within the black area. A long piece of string extends from beneath the puzzle. A set of gallows are depicted on the right with a chain extending down to where the string is attached.
The idea of the game is to wind the string around the nails to form the outlines of the German caricatures pictured.
The reverse gives the instructions for the game.
This is one of a number of British made and designed propaganda games released during the early part of WWI to improve morale on the home front.
Details
Details
On front of puzzle:
"KAISER
CR. PRINCE
TIRPITZ"
In black section:
"HANG THE"
On reverse:
"The GREAT NOVELTY PUZZLE
By taking the cord and allowing
it to touch or go round the correct
nails, a good likeness of the three heads
(separately) can be made.
Should the cord be wound round
or touch the wrong side of a nail it is
surprising what a different expression
is created.
Keep trying until you get them
correct."
Other items from Recollections of War
-
WWII era set of miniature charity medallions
-
Large Norah Wellings sailor doll with SS Corfu on tallyband
-
Arms Explosives & Munition Workers Federation of Australia gilt and enamel badge
-
Sons of Sailors and Soldiers League of Australia lapel badge
-
WWI trench watch presented to Leonard Charles Lovegrove
-
WWI identity disc - John (Jack) Soderic Hampton
-
Australian Trained Nurses Association Badge presented to Adele Baker
-
WWI Identity disc - John McLeod Reid
-
WWII era topsy-turvy dolls
-
WWI Hinged Rifle Periscope or Trench Mirror - 'Vigilant”'
-
WWI era bisque doll - 'Dinky'
-
WWI celluloid doll - 'A Dinkum Boy'
Scan this QR code to open this page on your phone ->
