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Collection box belonging to the charity St Dunstan's (now Blind Veterans UK) It says 'They gave their sight. What will you give?" Add to board
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Collection Box for St Dunstan's

Collection box decorated on top with the head of the character ‘Old Bill’ designed by Bruce Bairnsfather and the ‘Three Happy Men of St Dunstan’s’,taken from a design by Harold Copping, a British artist and illustrator. Cartoonnist Bairnsfather donated the popular character to a fundraising campaign for the blind veterans charity St Dunstan’s (now Blind Veterans UK).

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