TOBACCO CARD: “Right Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, MP.”
1915
No. 6 of 50 in“Britain’s Defenders” series
W.D. & H.O. Wills Ltd. [Australia]
2 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches (Black & white photograph)
Item Number: 2614
$75.00
Description
World War I-era tobacco card, Number 6 of 50 manufactured for W.D. & H.O. Wills Ltd.’s “Britain’s Defenders” series. Issued in 1915, before Churchill’s resignation as First Lord of the Admiralty, the card measures 2 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches, with a lengthy one-paragraph bio printed in green on the verso: “…In 1911 he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, which position he now holds.”
The card is in very good condition.