Another Secret out - Old Bill in camouflage

Front cover of The Bystander featuring Old Bill, the cartoon soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, attired in a uniform of dazzle camouflage. The caption reads, Another secret out. Of course, Old Bill would have been shot in August, 1914, had not a wise and kind-hearted Government taken the precaution of having him camouflaged in the most approved style. The revelation about dazzle camouflage resulted in an interest in the concept after the war

Bairnsfather Bystander Camouflaged Dazzle Tommies

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