The Serbian Relief Fund: Begs Aid for Our Brave Ally (1d charity stamp)
A one-penny charity label showing a halftone photograph of a uniformed man leaning against a wall with his face in his hands, under the fund's name and the words 'Begs aid for our brave ally'. The tell is the virtue word standing in for any account of what a penny buys: 'brave ally' asks the buyer to give to a category of admirable person, not to a stated need.
- Date
- 1915
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- The Serbian Relief Fund (London)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Stamp
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Asquith Government
- Leader
- Herbert Henry Asquith
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Health
- Event
- World War I
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Regime
- Asquith government
- Leader
- H. H. Asquith
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Europeana 1914-1918 (user contribution 20137), retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 (contributor licence, Europeana 1914-1918); wartime label, U.S. public domain (pre-1931)
The Serbian Relief Fund 1d charity stamp, c. 1915. Europeana 1914-1918, contribution 20137, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Text on the object
THE SERBIAN RELIEF FUND BEGS AID FOR OUR BRAVE ALLY 1D.
The label carries only English text.
