Five two-sided cards (dimensions 11,50 x 8,10 cm). On the front there is the Belgian flag with the dates 1914-1916, with three personalities in small circles and a bigger black and white photo of the dead in the center of the card, under the flag, and under a small text. On the back there are extracts from prayers. || I bought these five cards from an antiquer nearly 10 years ago. I keep them as a small memory from the First World War. || || From a collection of 5 memorial cards for five dead soldiers. || Memorabilia || 50.8658418,4.371466899999973 || Front || Card in memory of soldier || Brux || || Memorabilia || 50.8658418,4.371466899999973 || Card in memory of soldier || Back || || 50.8658418,4.371466899999973 || Front || Four cards in memory of soldiers || Memorabilia || Home Front || Remembrance || || Memorabilia || Propaganda || 50.8658469,4.371465299999954 || Back || Home Front || Remembrance || Four cards in memory of soldiers

Copy of death notice of Herbert Engel ; Extract from German Army on the Somme ; Correspondence with German War Graves Commission ; Field glasses and olive coloured knapsack || My granduncle, Herbert Engel, was killed in action fighting for the German army at Delville Wood at the Somme on 27th August 1916. He was a member of the 6th Company, 1st Regiment of the Kaiser's Grenadier Guards. My father (Herbert Engel's nephew) came to Ireland in 1939. My grandfather (Georg Unger) also fought for the German army on the Eastern front and died within a couple of years of the ending of the war from shrapnel wounds sustained at the front. || || This is the Death Notice of my grand uncle, Herbert Engel, a member of the 6th Company, 1st Regiment of the Kaiser's Grenadier Guards, who was killed fighting for the German army at the Somme on 27th August, 1916. || Deutsch || Death Notice, with illustration, of Herbert Engel || Official document || Herbert Engel || Western Front || || Front cover of The German Army on the Somme by Jack Sheldon, an account of the actions of the German army at this location of the war and which I believe contains a description of the action in which my grand uncle, Herbert Engel, died. || Cover of The German Army on the Somme by Jack Sheldon || Western Front || || Western Front || Extract from The German Army on the Somme || Extract from The German Army on the Somme containing a description of the opening of the action in which I believe my grand uncle, Herbert Engel, died on 27th August 1916. || || Extract from The German Army on the Somme describing what I believe is the death of my grand uncle, Herbert Engel, on the Somme on 27th August 1916 in an action against French forces. || Extract of The German Army on the Somme || Western Front || || Binocular case believed to have belonged to Georg Unger || Western Front || || Western Front || Binoculars believed to have belonged to Georg Unger || || Deutsch || Red Cross badge belonging to sister of Herbert Engel and associated with the town of Schwiebus, according to the inscription on the badge. A penknife is also pictured. || Western Front || Medical || Women || Red Cross badge belonging to sister of Herbert Engel

Frederick Spurgin, whose name is visible beneath her feet, created the depiction of a girl knitting that adorns the front of this postcard. The caption beneath reads, ‘Whenever you want a change of things, / We girls’ sic will see you have it !’. The printed information on the reverse includes the following details: ‘Art and Humour Publishing Co., Chancery Lane, London, W.C. / A & H “JOLLY KIDDIES” Series. No. 319. British Manufacture.’. The postmark tells us that it was posted on 14 March 1918 in Liverpool. A name, address and message have been written in black ink. Addressed to ‘Master L. Rawsthorn ? / c/o Mr Stephenson / Hall Stableyard / Burton / Nr Lincoln’, the message reads as follows: ‘College Rd / Crosby / My dear Leslie / Thanks very much for your nice letter. Hope your cold is better and that you are having a jolly time. Love from Dorothy’. || A British patriotic postcard || || Postcard || A British patriotic postcard