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Picture No 10231983
Date 1916
Description Ex Pede Herculem
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A cynical Irish soldier returning home on leave from the Front refuses a shoe shine boy, preferring instead to keep the mud on his boots as a symbol of honour.
Source Illustration by Bert Thomas in The Bystander, 5 January 1916
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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