436 - Affiche Ancienne Set of two original antique issue of Le Petit Journal covering the events of World War One. 1. Nr 1.307 from 9 January 1916. The cover features an illustration titled Le General Hiver / Winter General, showing a dramatisation of the winter struggles that soldiers had to withstand during World War One, the back cover features an illustration titled Le Charite du Poilu / The Charity of Poilu, depicting a soldier giving bread to a woman with a baby, portraying kindness or generosity shown by a French soldier, likely toward civilians affected by the war. Le Petit Journal was a conservative daily Parisian newspaper founded by Moise Polydore Millaud, and published from 1863 to 1944. Fair condition, tears, folds, creasing, staining, paper losses, one long sheet folded into a short publication. Country of issue: France, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 45x31, year of printing: 1916; 2. Nr 1.364 from 11 February 1917. The cover features an illustration titled Nos Grands Chefs / Our Great Chefs depicting General Marie Eugene Debeney (1864-1943), a French Army general who commanded a corps at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The back cover of the issue portrays soldier entertainment in the Far East The Annamites' theatre. Le Petit Journal was a conservative daily Parisian newspaper founded by Moise Polydore Millaud, and published from 1863 to 1944. Fair condition, tears, folds, creasing, staining, paper losses, 2 sheets made into a short publication. Country of issue: France, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 45x31, year of printing: 1917.