'This is going to be a fight to a finish.'
A British patriotic postcard
‘A A Nash’, whose name appears to the right of the sailor (whose tally, or hat band, reads ‘HMS VICTORY’), drew the scene on the front of this postcard, in which a medal-wearing British soldier and sailor – backed by a fleet of warships lined up opposite a big gun – are shown confronting a German soldier. The English caption reads, ‘THIS IS GOING TO BE A FIGHT TO A FINISH’, the French equivalent above being ‘NOUS LUTTERONS JUSQU’AU RÉSULTAT FINAL!’. The printed information on the back of the postcard includes the following details: ‘Inter-Art Co., Red Lion Square, London, W.C. / “PATRIOTIC KIDS” Series. No. 948. British Manufacture.’ An additional line reads, ‘Paul HECKSCHER, Paris’. There is a message written in ink, too: ‘to miss Kathleen with Best wishes / From her Dear loving Daddy / I hope you good gril sic to your mum well sic Daddy away / x x x x x x x x x / x x x x x’
CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
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2
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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