Churchill Handkerchief

This commemorative handkerchief, likely printed in 1940, celebrates then Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Britain’s armed forces.

The handkerchief features key features of Britain’s defensive and offensive strategies: Spitfire Diving to Attack, Anti-Aircraft Gunners, HMS Exeter, a Blenheim Bombers, the Balloon Barrage, HM Submarine Ursula, a Hurricane Fighter, and a British Tank in Action. The inclusion of HM Submarine Ursula, which was transferred to the Soviet Navy in 1944, and HMS Exeter, which was hit by a torpedo and sunk in 1942, suggests that it was made in the early years of the war.