Lawrence of Arabia & Sovereigns

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Lawrence of Arabia & Sovereigns

 

T.E. Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia, was a British scholar, writer and soldier who mobilised the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I and wrote about his wartime exploits in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926). Gold sovereigns were used by Lawrence to sway Arab tribes to join the Allied fight and as a bounty for Arabs who returned any downed Allied airmen to safety.

Portrait of T. E. Lawrence by Augustus John, 1919. Tate Modern, London.

First World War propaganda poster featuring the sovereign, July 1915.

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Very nice writeup and pictures.