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*++*  LAST and FINAL World War One issue  *++*

Vintage U.S. Army newspaper, The Stars and Stripes, June 13, 1919, complete with Pictorial Supplement / Victory Edition

Several copies available … while they last.

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DESCRIPTION –

This item was included in a group of newspapers and maps used and/or collected by a WWI veteran of the U.S. Military Postal Express Service. The collection included maps of France used by the veteran during his service, many, many WWI and post-WWI issues of The Stars and Stripes newspaper, many issues of WWI civilian in-theater newspapers (both French and U.S./British), and several issues of immediate post-WWI U.S. Army unit, base, and/or Army of Occupation newspapers.

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Four (4) Five (5) copies of this newspaper, together with a Victory Edition pictorial supplement, are available.

All five copies were found with the pictorial supplement still folded inside the newspaper after nearly 115 years.

++++ This auction is for ONE (1) newspaper and ONE (1) supplement ++++

The newspaper in the BEST condition will be sold first, so don’t hesitate to bid like you REALLY want it. *** This copy has been SOLD ***

The auction will be repeated until all 5 copies have been sold.

None of these newspapers are in “perfect” condition as they are over 100 years old, so expect some imperfections such as darkening from age, creases, or other blemishes.

See condition description below.

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The Stars and Stripes

The Official Newspaper of the A.E.F. / By and For the Soldiers of the A.E.F.

Printed in France

June 13, 1919

VOLUME 2, NUMBER 19

This is the FINAL WWI issue

*** complete with Pictorial Supplement / Victory Edition *** - see below

Printed in English

NEWSPAPER -

17 5/8 inches wide x 24 inches high

Eight (8) pages

Some article titles –

- STARS AND STRIPES IS HAULED DOWN WITH THIS ISSUE

- TANKS STOOD GAFF FROM BELGIUM OT ARGONNE

- ONLY ONE-FOURTH OF A.E.F. TO REMAIN AFTER TEN DAYS

- CHAUMONT ALMOST DESERTED VILLAGE – Only Occasional Footsteps Sound Through Former Seat of G.H.Q.

- YANKEE DIVISIONS WERE DECIDING AID AT WAR’S END

- SLIGHT CHANGES MAY YET BE MADE IN PEACE TREATY

- NO PROMOTIONS, NO DECORATIONS – Lid on Advancement of A.E.F. Officers Clamped Down by G.H.Q.

- THE A.E.F., COMING AND GOING – SERVICE CHART OF A.E.F. DIVISIONS

- MEDICOS READY TO CALL QUITS ON ARMY DISEASES

- MEN WHO HELPED MAKE “THE STARS AND STRIPES” [detailed list of contributors]

- SPORTS NEWS

- ORPHANS ADOPTED BY A.E.F. NOW WAVE LAST “GOOD-BYE”

- SUICIDE FLEET OF NAVY NOT LEAST FEATURE OF WAR – Gobs Conducted Ex-Pleasure Yachts, Converted Into Convoys

- plus vintage advertisements – GOODYEAR, WRIGLEY’S GUM, GILLETTE RAZORS, GRAPE-NUTS, VALSPAR, THREE-IN-ONE OIL, HOTEL McALPIN of the WALDORF ASTORIA, FATIMA CIGARETTES, more

- includes black and white illustrations, photographs, and cartoons

Not all subjects are noted above.

SUPPLEMENT -

Pictorial Supplement / Victory Edition

11 1/2 inches wide x 16 1/4 inches high

Eight (8) pages

Cover illustration – THE DAWN

Each page focuses on an aspect of the Doughboy experience in Europe during “The Great War” -

- BEFORE THE FIRST SERVICE STRIPE

- DURING THE TRAINING PERIOD

- GETTING INTO REAL ACTION

- IN THE THICK OF THE FIGHT

- WHEN THE BOCHE [Germans] FELL BACK

- HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE IN THE A.E.F.

- WAITING TO GO HOME

… and each page contains multiple black and white photos, including images of –

- tanks, Doughboys, combat, temporary hospitals, balloons, Chauchat, Springfield, Enfield, Pershing, ships, marching troops, trenches, bayonet, Watch on the Rhine, Army of Occupation,
“forty and eight” French boxcars, Ordnance warehouse full of artillery shells, horses, wounded, collateral damage in cities and towns, more

Condition description -

NEWSPAPER #2 -  *** This is the current copy available ***

VERY GOOD condition – vertical fold is angled, has edge imperfections (see photos), no sections cut out, no missing pages, paper is completely intact and readable

SUPPLEMENT #2 -

EXCELLENT condition – no rips, tears, holes, or missing sections, has same angled fold as newspaper; has been folded inside newspaper for 115 years!

No musty odor.

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