Alligator Xmas postcard - Stanley Pattison | Kenya 1915
Framed photograph with alligator rophies.
Stanley Pattison sent this postcard at Christmas 1915 from Kenya, obviously keen to do his bit for King and country. He survived the war.
CREATOR
Malcolm Camp
DATE
1915-11-25
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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