Original U.S. WWI 1918 Red Cross "The First Three!" Give till it Hurts - they gave till they died - War Fund Week - One Hundred Million Dollars by Kidder - Linen-Backed - 20½ x 27¼” French Militaria The gun was employed mounted

The gun was employed mounted on armored trains and used by local militia forces early in the war

The decal measures about 3 1/4 inches across

It contains a WWII sealed Carlisle bandage in good shape

as it came to be called by the crews who had to go there

Included with the set is a WWI Victory medal

Original U.S. WWI 1918 Red Cross "The First Three!" Give till it Hurts - they gave till they died - War Fund Week - One Hundred Million Dollars by Kidder - Linen-Backed - 20½ x 27¼” French Militaria The gun was employed mountedOriginal Item. Only One Available. The First Three was one of many posters issued during World War I to encourage support of the war. This poster was commissioned from American artist Benjamin Kidder in 1918. This propaganda poster features an American flag flying behind three portrait medallions of three young men in uniform. These men, Merle Hay, Thomas Enright, and James Gresham were the first three Americans to die on the battlefields of Europe.