First World War Silk Greeting Card
c. 1915Elaborate embossed card with embroidered silk insert. Printed on front “Far from you but thinking of you”. Stitched into silk “GREETINGS” accompanied by 2 pink flowers. Bound together with mauve cotton and printed inside with a poem and a short-handwritten greeting.
An elaborate embroidered silk greeting card sent home from the soldiers of the First World War to their wives and sweethearts.
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On front in print “ Far From you but Thinking of you”. Embroidered across silk “GREETINGS”. Inside is a printed poem “Good Wishes” / “May they realize for you / All your best desires / May the old faces greet you with new smiles / The old music bring new harmonies / and may the Days of Toil always / End in peace at Eventide”. Brief handwritten message in pencil “ Mary with Love”
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