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Embroided handkerchief, memories of home at Christmas on the frontline in 1916
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Embroided handkerchief, memories of home at Christmas on the frontline in 1916

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Christmas during wartime is a period of hope and memories of home. This embroidered silk handkerchief is full of meaning and memories for an Australian soldier at the front in 1916.