(French) interest. POST WORLD WAR I FRANCE RELIEF EFFORT CHICKEN AND EGG NOVELTY FUND RAISING ITEM. New York: The American Committee for Devastated France, Inc., (1919). 4-7/8" H x 2-1/2" W. Blue egg-shaped cardboard fold-over printed in white, with baby chick pull-out printed in yellow, black and white inside egg. Front of egg reads "France needs food; so please take pity! Hatch this egg for the American Committee! Chip the shell by pulling the string! Tuck fifty cents under chicky's wing! Mail it to us, and enjoy your chance To help rechickenize Devastated France!" The back side of egg printed with information explaining how "Almost every chicken was destroyed in the French regions held by Germans. Eggs and chickens are needed to enable returning refugees to resume raising poultry, on which they have always depended". Pull-tab on top of chick's head with two minor creases, otherwise item is without defect or damage. The condition of the item is NEAR FINE. EXCEEDINGLY RARE # 000767