Lot 758: Sold for £25 hammer
A Two Day Auction, Day One Lots 1-572: Silver & Jewellery, Day Two Lots 600-1111: Fine Art & Antiques, Thursday 29th October 2026 - Friday 30th October 2026

A World War One Princess Mary's Gift Fund box, Christmas 1914, no contents, 13cm wide.

NB: It was Princess Mary's express wish that 'every sailor afloat and every soldier at the front' should have the present. The gifts were devised in October 1914 and intended for distribution to all who were serving overseas or at sea, in time for Christmas 1914.