When Days Are Dark.
John Ballantyne, Medal,and Army card.
CONTRIBUTOR
Nancy Smith
DATE
1913-07-17 - 1916-07-06
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
4
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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