First World War Silk Postcard
c. 1915Postcard made of card with embossed border and embroidered silk insert. Decorated with spray of flowers in basket and red, white, and blue ribbon. Inscribed with phrase “To my dear Daughter”. Badly stained. On reverse handwritten in pencil “Rosie from dad with love”. In small print “Fabrication Francaise”
Embroidered silk postcard made in France during the First World War to send home from the military front to family as a means of keeping in touch.
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On front “To my dear Daughter”. On reverse “Rosie from dad / with love” In small print “Fabrication Francaise”
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