{"product_id":"2017-1-women-in-war-a-century-of-service-pnc","title":"2017 $1 Women in War - A Century of Service PNC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/8791\/5759\/files\/Untitled_design_-_2.jpg?v=1766031860\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e2017 $1 Women in War - A Century of Service PNC\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWOMEN IN WAR\u003cbr\u003eA Century of Service\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the Great War, more than 3,000 Australian nurses joined the war effort; 2,546 served abroad with the Australian Army Nursing Service, while others served with organisations such as the Red Cross. They ministered to the sick, wounded and dying in Egypt, Lemnos, Greece, Britain, India and on the Western Front, in hospitals, casualty clearing stations and on hospital transports. Many nurses were decorated for their bravery and by war’s end 25 had given their lives. Australian nurses first served in an overseas conflict during the Boer War (1898–1902), in which 60 nurses served in South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWomen also made an immense contribution from the home front. They knitted, stitched, cooked, packaged and despatched comforts to help ease the hardship endured by soldiers on the frontline. The European winter of 1916–17 was particularly bitter, and more than one million pairs of socks were knitted for troops, dispatched with 65,000 sheepskin jackets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStamp design: Stacey Zass, Page-12 Design\u003cbr\u003eStamp images: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland (196797); Australian War Memorial (H02438)\u003cbr\u003eCover design: Jo Muré, Australia Post Design Studio\u003cbr\u003eCover photographs: Australian War Memorial (E04623, H15309, P03166.001)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e2017 Issue 19\u003cbr\u003eThis postal and numismatic cover is limited to 7,500.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Age Numismatics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47200118636783,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/8791\/5759\/files\/Untitleddesign-76.png?v=1766070525","url":"https:\/\/newagenumismatics.com\/products\/2017-1-women-in-war-a-century-of-service-pnc","provider":"New Age Numismatics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}