In Flanders Fields; America's Answer Certificate

Illustrating a scene of poppies growing in Flanders Fields flanked by draped Belgian flags on either side, the one on the left with a cross tucked behind it, above two inscriptions, the certificate divided into two sections: under the heading "In Flanders Fields" at the left with the inscription "In Flanders Fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row, / That mark our place; and in the sky / The larks still bravely singing, Fly, / Scarce heard amidst the guns below. / We are the dead. Short days ago / We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, / Loved and were loved, and we lie / In Flanders Fields. / Take up our quarrel with the Foe! / To you from falling hands we throw / The torch. Be yours to hold it high! / If ye break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep, though poppies grow / In Flanders Fields." below and under the heading "America's Answer" at the right with the inscription "Rest ye in peace, ye Flandersdead, / The fight that ye so bravely led / We've taken up. And we will keep / True faith with you who lie asleep / With each a cross to mark his bed, / And poppies blowing overhead, / Where once his own life blood ran red. / So let your rest be sweet and deep / In Flanders Fields. / Fear not that ye have died for naught, / The torch ye threw to us we have caught, / Ten million hands will hold it high, / And Freedom's light shall never die! / We've learned the lesson that ye taught / In Flanders Fields." below, the two sections separated by a French flag with "1914-18" at its base, a British flag at the far left with "1914-18" at its base and an American flag at the far right with "1917-18" at its base, artist signed "George G. Street, 1918" at the bottom right, in black ink with watercolours on a light brown paper stock, under glass in a wooden frame, measuring 252 mm x 328 mm, extremely fine. (C:17)