British blood chit

Blood chit with Union Jack in the top left corner and the greeting message written in seventeen languages; Annamite, Haka, Kachin, Laizo, Karen, Burmese, Malay, Sumatra, Tamil, Chinese, English, French, Jawi, Thai, West Shan, East Shan and North Shan, Bengali. The message reads ' DEAR FRIEND, I AM AN ALLIED FIGHTER. I DID NOT COME HERE TO DO HARM TO YOU WHO ARE MY FRIENDS. I ONLY WANT TO DO HARM TO THE JAPANESE AND CHASE THEM AWAY FROM THIS COUNTRY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ASSIST ME, MY GOVERNMENT WILL SUFFICIENTLY REWARD YOU WHEN THE JAPANESE ARE DRIVEN AWAY.'.

Blood chits like this were issued to Allied aircrew flying in the India-Burma theatre in the Second World War. They were intended for use if the crew were shot down and survived, and identified the bearer as a friend and promised a reward for assistance and/ or help to return to friendly forces.