SET: Greeting, KING & QUEEN, (G.V. period), No place of Manufacture, Christmas & New Year, WWI, oversize

Set Information edit

Set Comment

logo over RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD, PUBLISHERS TO THE KING AND QUEEN, cards span from 1914-1918

Items in Set

102 ND. CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTALION at top, other battles listed down both sides of front AND CAMBRAE at bottom WITH GREETINGS FROM FRANCE FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR 1918-19, Indian head near top
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102 ND. CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTALION at top, other battles listed down both sides of front AND CAMBRAE at bottom WITH GREETINGS FROM FRANCE FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR 1918-19, Indian head near top
Item Comment

light brown covers with serrated edges, inside sheet secured by ribbon
Inside left long message from L. MCLEOD GOULD 102ND. Canadians.
right:-ST. MARTINS YPRES 1917 ruins of church by C. WARREN PEACHES

Size
11.5 X 13.2 cm., oversize
Categories
AUSTRALIANS ADVANCING FROM VILLERS-BRETTONNEUX, AUGUST 8TH 1918
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AUSTRALIANS ADVANCING FROM VILLERS-BRETTONNEUX, AUGUST 8TH 1918
Item Comment

oblong single sheet once folded, 4 illustrations & text
FROM ORIGINAL SPECIALLY PAINTED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND BY CAPTAIN WILL LONGSTAFFE, A.I.F. WAR ARTIST
Very full documentation & 4 illustrations-see scans
inside right:-CAPTURE OF HAMEL VILLAGE, JULY 4TH 1918 BY AUSTRALIANS ASSISTED BY A DETATCHMENT OF AMERICANS

Artist
WILL LONGSTAFFE & A.PEARSE
Size
16.3 x 12.2 cm., oversize
Categories
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM 56TH. LONDON DIVISION T.F. badge in centre placard, 1917
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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM 56TH. LONDON DIVISION T.F. badge in centre placard, 1917
Item Comment

oblong single sheet once folded
inside right:-GOOD WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR FROM TO

Artist
A. WAKEFIELD, Q.W.R. 17 IR. D.H.Q.
Size
13.8 x 19 cm.
Categories
GREETINGS 56th LONDON DIVISION.T.F.,below flag, sword, holly
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GREETINGS 56th LONDON DIVISION.T.F.,below flag, sword, holly
Item Comment

oblong single sheet,single folded
Inside left:- FROM TO
right:-WITH ALL GOOD WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR
B.E.F. FRANCE 1918

in small letters on front A. J. WAKEFIELD 10-6-18 FRANCE (artist information or?)

Size
13.7 x 11.5 cm.
Categories
HEADQUARTERS VIII CORPS. FRANCE. 1918
KGV
HEADQUARTERS VIII CORPS. FRANCE. 1918
Item Comment

oblong single sheet single fold
inside back:-photograph of painting of long column of horse-drawn artillery moving front

Size
15.5 x 20 cm. oversize
Categories