{"product_id":"great-war-artefacts-in-100-martin-mace-9781473895485","title":"Great War Artefacts in 100 Objects: The Story Behind Your First World War Family Treasures","description":"The First World War touched every community and almost every home in the UK. In its wake, it left behind memories and mementos of loved ones. For every casualty there was a scar, for every death there was grief. Often the only tangible connection with those who fought, whether they survived the horrors of that brutal conflict or remained in some foreign field, are the artifacts still held, so dearly, by their families. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome might still possess the death pennies, or memorial plaques, or fathers, uncles or grandfathers sent by a grateful government, or the terrible message that told of a brother 'missing believed killed'. Not all the items held by families are sad reminders of the past. The Princess Mary Gift Fund box, sent to the men at the front for Christmas 1914, for example, contained such luxuries as chocolate and tobacco, and brought great pleasure to the men in the trenches. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eItems of uniforms, photographs, and, most poignant and personal of all, the letters written from the front, present the human side of an inhuman war, in a deeply moving snapshot of the past. The full-color photographs of each 100 items are accompanied by detailed explanations of the object and the people and events which make them so special - not just to the families concerned, but to all those who hold such artifacts in cupboards, on mantelpieces or shelves, or in display cases. The memory of the men and women they represent lives on through the items they have left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Mace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1473895480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781473895485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Frontline Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Martin Mace","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078157070591,"sku":"9781473895485","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d8d8b1c-7455-4f3f-8a9d-23a25311a473.jpg?v=1685473862","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/great-war-artefacts-in-100-martin-mace-9781473895485","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}