Belgian Soldiers' Tobacco Fund

collected in response to this urgent appeal by King Albert of Belgium during the First World War:

There are nearly 200,000 Belgian soldiers defending the last few miles of their country. They want tobacco, and they want it badly. Unprovided for by their Government and unable to receive tobacco from family and friends, these heroes (always great smokers) have asked repeatedly and appealingly for ‘smokes.’

(via On Wisconsin)