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British WW1 postcards


CluelessTommy

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Hello all,

It may seem like I’m starting a thread for everything this evening but hopefully they all have some worth.

Here is a postcard from the Great War addressed to my great grandmother from her husband. It is silk with a a pouch containing a message card,complete with the envelope that has a censors stamp and the embroidery reads ‘To my dear wife’.

I have another with the cap badge of the Middlesex reg on it however I can’t find it at the moment.

If anyone else has anything similar could they post them as it would be nice to see more examples.

Regards,

Jack

 

 

 

 

 

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Very nice jack, these silks are quite expensive to buy these days, is there a date on the card.

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There is no date on the card but there is stamp on the envelope with a very faint 17 so possibly 1917. They are signed Bob and the medals I have are initialled R so I'm thinking his name was Robert. 

Regards,

Jack

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Here is a similar example that I also found it doesn’t have an envelope so I can’t date when it was sent exactly. 

I didn’t post this earlier due to the yellow flag 1st on the right and the flag second on the right, they both look German to me and I couldn’t think of a allied nation that they could represent. If they are German than that would give the little card and therefore the whole thing a post war date as I doubt that would be included in wartime. The souvenir of war text also made me consider if it was wartime or post.Can anyone help with this?

Also can anyone explain why the tears 1914-1915 would be on it. Apart from the obvious answer of that was the current duration of the war at that time. I ask as the same date is on the campaign star for the war despite it lasting till 1918. The two may not be connected but if anyone can explain either I’d appreciate it.

Regards,

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There are no German flags on this card. The flags from left to right are:
 

Japan
Belgium
Britain
France
Serbia
Italy
Russia

The card was obviously produced in 1915.

The German national flag was black / white / red

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The war flag used by the Imperial Navy was such:

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Thanks a lot,

I thought of the Serbian flag but when I looked it up could only find it on the red, blue, white background so thanks for clearing that up.

I mistook the green for a washed black. As for the vertical/horizontal stripes mix up unfortunately that isn't the first time this has happened, on my first look I thought the Belgian flag was that of the Wiemar republic, I knew it couldn't be but it still took longer than i'd like to admit to realise the stripes were the wrong orientation.

Thanks again,

Jack

 

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The Serbian Flag is the yellow flag with the double eagle. The Russian national colours of the day were white blue and red, 2 further variations with eagle, the personal standard of the House of Romanow (4). The old Serbian flag had similar colours but in reverse (5)
 

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Another example, but this one does not have a pouch like the other two. 

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