'I'll only wear your badge!'
Frederick Spurgin, whose name can be seen on the right, is the artist who depicted the small girl on the front of this postcard. She is wearing nothing but a red ribbon in her hair and a quasi-military badge tied to her chest with a red, white and blue ribbon. ‘MY OWN BOY’S REGIMENT’ is emblazoned around the edge of the badge, with ‘LOVE’ appearing in the centre. The postcard is titled ‘I’ll only wear your badge!’. The printed details on the reverse include ‘Art and Humour Publishing Co., Limited, Chancery Lane, London, W / A & H “CHARMERS” Series. No. 222. British Manufacture.’. The card has been franked ‘WILLESDEN N.W.10 in London / 8.15 PM / 5 OCT 18’. It has been addressed in pencil to ‘Mrs C. Mills / 89 Kinnerton St / Wilton Place / S. W. 1 in London’. The message reads, ‘Dear Babs/ I hope you will have a nice week end. I am spending a very quiet one. Much love Nell xx’.
A British sentimental postcard
Postcard
Front
CONTRIBUTOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
1918-10-05
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
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