Tommies buying their misletoe

In the middle of a large picturesque square there appears to be an informal market. At the front of the picture two British soldiers are bargaining with two older women over a wheelbarrow of mistletoe. The nickname 'Tommy' entered into general usage after the Rudyard Kipling poems, 'Tommy' and 'To Thomas Atkins' (1892), which pay homage to the sturdy character of the average British soldier. Ch…