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 Ordnance The whole apparatus is sprung

The whole apparatus is sprung loaded and can be collapsed and stowed for quick deployment elsewhere

Backhaus of Solingen

One Doag tag has rubber surround and Christian tag designation

The Cross guard of the bayonet is marked with serial number 20045

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 Ordnance The whole apparatus is sprungOriginal 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.