This postcard belongs to the category known as ‘silks’ on account of its silk embroidery on a gauzy fabric. The embroidered details on this particular silk, which has been mounted within a cream border, include the legend ‘A KISS FROM YOUR DADDY’, violets, the Union Jack and the French flag (the ‘Tricolore’). The central flap can be lifted in the manner of an envelope’s flap; inside is a small rectangular card on which is printed a terrace scene surrounded by four-leafed clovers, along with the legend ‘A Loving Birthday Greetings sic’, with the French ‘Tricolore’ and the British Red Ensign flags being crossed in the bottom right-hand corner. On the reverse is printed ‘CARTE POSTALE’. There is a message written in pencil, which reads: ‘Dear Daughter / Just a line to let you know I have sent a P.C. to your Uncle John so with Best of Luck / I remain your loving Dad / good night tell Mamma’. || A 'silk' postcard with insert.

Front || Card received by Agnes Dorothy Riley (Dolly)

The signature of artist Frederick Spurgin can be seen to the left of the boy dressed as a British soldier that he has portrayed hugging a girl on the front of this postcard. The surrounding border is made up of ivy leaves, and the caption below, in both English and French, reads, ‘Just like the ivy, I’ll cling to you. / Comme le lierre je m’attache à vous.’. A message has been pencilled on the reverse: ‘To My Darling Little Betty / With Love and Kisses from Daddy’. The printed text states, ‘Inter-Art Co., Red Lion Square, London, W.C. / “FORGET-ME-NOT” Series. No. 272. British Manufacture.’. || A British sentimental postcard || || Postcard || Front || A British sentimental postcard