A patriotic British postcard. || Headed ‘Hats off to the Volunteer Recruits.’, this postcard comprises two photographs. The main figure is of a boy dressed as a British army officer raising his cap to the viewer. Above him is an inset head-and-shoulders portrait of a soldier. The information printed on the back states ‘Series No. 89’ and ‘Printed in England’.

A British patriotic postcard.

The name of the artist responsible for the scene on the front of this postcard can be seen above the caption: ‘Donald McGill’. He has portrayed a small, weeping boy holding his smarting bottom. A man with a walking stick is seen leaving the room. The caption below reads, ‘They make a lot of fuss about fellers hurt at the front!’. The printed details on the reverse include, ‘Inter-Art Co., Red Lion Square, London, W.C. / “TWELVE-SEVEN-FOUR” Series. No. 1279. British Manufacture.’. The postcard has been addressed in black ink to ‘Master F R Davy / Little Coates / Grimsby’. The message reads, ‘For Barbara & You → xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx How are you? Grannie & I arrived at Auntie Winnies just in time for tea. Hope you are being a very good boy what did Daddy say about the chicken Much love from Mummie’. The stamp is partly illegible, but parts read ‘Potter’s Bar’ and ‘4 MY 16 or 18’. || A British comic postcard || || Postcard || A British comic postcard || Front