Historical information

This silk cloth souvenir is a classic piece of commercial made World War I memorabilia. The provenance of the item, who and where it was purchased in Egypt is unknown, but it is most likely purchased by an Australia soldier and sent back to his loved ones and family in Australia.

Physical description

A silk colour printed panel with a light blue fringe mounted in a wooden frame with glass.

The printed panel displays the Sphinx, the three pyramids of Gaza, a man on a camel and various leaders of World War I.

From bottom left clockwise, the Images of World War 1 Leaders of various countries and their flags are;

King Albert of Belgium
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
Prince Hussein Kamel of Egypt
King George V of England
Prime Minister Alexandre-Félix-Joseph Ribot of France
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy

Inscriptions & markings

Souvenir of Egypt Heaven's light our guide
Rule Britania
Evil be to him who evil thinks
God Save the King
Fratalli PENGI, Cario