POSTCARD, Embroidered WWI Souvenir; 1917

H2012.13

Postcard, embroidered lift up fabric panel has three flags placed centrally, British in middle, with French flag to its right and Belgian to the left. Flags framed by a fine white embroidered border with pink flowers and green foliage. "GREETINGS FROM FRANCE" embroidered in pale blue arc and embellished with pink flowers appears below lift up panel. Reverse; address handwritten in top left hand corner, "Miss F.C. Pearce L.A.B./ Shenton Road/ Claremont/West Australia". "France/ January 10th 1917" hand written in top right hand corner. Bulk of postcard contains hand written message to Florrie Pearce from Percy James. "Dear Florrie/ I am here at last. Spent my New/ Year over here. It is very cold........Yours sincerely Percy."

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H2012.13
Accession Date: 22 Feb 2012

Material

Paper0 - Whole
Textile0 - Whole

Measurement

length138mm
width89mm
height15mm

 

 

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