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[War of 1914]. "The Allies in Berlin. New patriotic game. Imprimerie A. Waton. St Etienne. (Circa 1914-1915). [War of 1914]. "The Allies in Berlin. New patriotic game. Imprimerie A. Waton. St Etienne. (Circa 1914-1915). Paper envelope, oblong format 44 x 19 cm. The upper side is printed: title and sender's name at the top, recipient's name and address left blank (to be filled in), stamp position and "Imprimés Recommandés". It contains: a game plan (chromolithography on flexible card, foldable into four), size 65.5 x 42.7 cm / a paper envelope containing twelve cardboard discs (2.2 cm in diameter) whose chromolithographed upper sides reproduce the flags of the Allied nations: France, England, Japan, Russia, Serbia, Belgium (each in duplicate) / a ruler (in duplicate). A game on the theme of the Great War, at a time when the war looked like a walk in the park: the Germans and their allies would be swept away in a few months, just long enough to get to Berlin and back after a good Revenge! The game plan is a map of Europe cut into numbered squares. The game was played with a pair of dice, which regulated the Allies' march towards Berlin. There are, of course, favorable and unfavorable squares; participants, representing one or other of the Allied nations, had to voice their patriotism loud and clear. Paper missing from the envelope, which has been restored.

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[War of 1914]. "The Allies in Berlin. New patriotic game. Imprimerie A. Waton. St Etienne. (Circa 1914-1915). [War of 1914]. "The Allies in Berlin. New patriotic game. Imprimerie A. Waton. St Etienne. (Circa 1914-1915). Paper envelope, oblong format 44 x 19 cm. The upper side is printed: title and sender's name at the top, recipient's name and address left blank (to be filled in), stamp position and "Imprimés Recommandés". It contains: a game plan (chromolithography on flexible card, foldable into four), size 65.5 x 42.7 cm / a paper envelope containing twelve cardboard discs (2.2 cm in diameter) whose chromolithographed upper sides reproduce the flags of the Allied nations: France, England, Japan, Russia, Serbia, Belgium (each in duplicate) / a ruler (in duplicate). A game on the theme of the Great War, at a time when the war looked like a walk in the park: the Germans and their allies would be swept away in a few months, just long enough to get to Berlin and back after a good Revenge! The game plan is a map of Europe cut into numbered squares. The game was played with a pair of dice, which regulated the Allies' march towards Berlin. There are, of course, favorable and unfavorable squares; participants, representing one or other of the Allied nations, had to voice their patriotism loud and clear. Paper missing from the envelope, which has been restored.

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