Poster for National Patriotic Apple Show held in Auckland, May 1918.
You needed more than a case of apples to maintain your health on the battlefields of the Somme, Ypres, Verdun and the like. You were too worried about a fatal case of lead poisoning to give a fig (mixed metaphor) about an apple a day keeping the doctor away. Besides, a fresh apple was likely nowhere to be found.
Dried up fruit were handy weapons to toss when hand grenades ran out.
ReplyDeleteCanned fruit was even better, left more of a dent in other side's helmets. Empty cans re-stuffed with explosives, even better.
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