FRANCE CHRISTMAS 1917 gilt embossed under emblem SUA TELA TONANT

Item
1/1
Set

Greeting, series & groups, Impressed, THE KING & QUEEN (G.V. period), Christmas & New Year, WWI /military

Set Comment

gilt embossed, single fold, cover & inner sheet secured by ribbon Tuck information & Royal attribution, impressed, not printed, on back of card Tuck logo above & below PRODUCED IN ENGLAND BY RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD -- PUBLISHERS TO THE KING & QUEEN


Title

FRANCE CHRISTMAS 1917 gilt embossed under emblem SUA TELA TONANT

In set

IMPRESSED KGV

Item Comment

inner sheet front: statute of angel standing on globe surrounded by flags FOR FREEDOM below inner sheet left: WHAT SHALL I WISH THEE WHEN THE EARTH LIES WEEPING ... WHAT CAN I WISH THEE THIS SAD CHRISTMAS MORNING .... inner sheet right: WITH THE BEST OF ALL GOOD WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR A.O.D. BASE I WORKSHOPS, BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, FRANCE 1917

Type

Greeting Card

Size

17.1 x 12.3 cm., oversize

Topics

Christmas First World War New Year