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First World War Celebration of Peace Booklet

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Commonwealth Authorities

c. 1919

Overview

First World War “Celebration of Peace / 1919” booklet featuring the crossed flags Australian and United Kingdom above a dove with an olive branch in its beak. Inside brown cover is a four (4) page double sided listing for the, “Service of Thanksgiving”, with a schedule of the National Anthem, Hymn’s and Prayers to be read. All printed in blue and red text.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2025.6.21

Item type

Booklets

Themes

Buildings > Military
People
War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Printing Paper

Width

12 mm

Height or length

225 mm

Weight

11 g

Inscriptions and markings

Front cover depicts the Australian and British flags crossed and underneath, “Celebration of Peace, / 1919. / Service of Thanksgiving / TO / ALMIGHTY GOD / For the Termination f the War / and the / VICTORY OF THE ALLIES. / IT IS PARTICULARLY DESIRED / By the Commonwealth Authorities that all / attending the Thanksgiving Service should / WEAR A WHITE FLOWER OR RIBBON”.

Contextual information

This First World War, “Celebration of Peace”, booklet is part of the DENNEY brothers collection and offers an insight into how the Allies victory was celebrated. The commemorative booklet was created to be used at events marking the cessation of the First World War, and includes the schedule of service with Anthem, Hymn’s, and Prayers to be read, and also asks those attending to wear a white flower or ribbon.

Keywords

WW1

Allies Victory

Celebration of Peace

Service of Thanksgiving

Place made

Australia

Year

c. 1919

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance