A patriotic postcard || A boy wearing a sailor suit, hands on knees, gazes resolutely out at us from the front of this photographic postcard, above the legend ‘ “THEY’LL NEVER PASS US.” ‘ Printed on the reverse, on the left-hand side of the postcard, is the following verse: ‘A LOVING BIRTHDAY WISH. / …… / To-day is your Birthday ! / O, may you enjoy it, / ’Til all of its moments / are counted and o er, / May luck be your lot, and / may nothing destroy it, / Through years that hold / dozens of Birthdays / in store.’. ‘From’ is printed beneath that, and ‘Auntie Maud’ has been written in black ink alongside it, the handwritten message continuing, ‘with all sic to all I will get you something when I come home Auntie Maud’. She has addressed the postcard to ‘Master B. Turner / c/o Mrs R. ? Turner / Hants Hill / Horsford / Nr Norwich in Norfolk’. The postmark tells us that it was posted in ‘Brixton S.W. London’ on 23 August 1915. The printed text states, ‘Published by Solomon Bros. Ltd., / Graphic House, New North Road, London.’ / ‘SB Series’ / ‘Series No. 114’. || || Postcard || A British patriotic postcard

A British patriotic and comic postcard || The artist who depicted the scene on the front of this postcard encircled his initials – ‘G.A.S.’ – to the right of the British army officer’s boot. The officer is shown striding down a moonlit road, glancing down at a boy scout standing to attention at the roadside. The caption reads, ‘PASS, FRIEND!’. The printed information on the reverse states, ‘C THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE SERIES. / Published by the Photochrom Co. Ltd., London and Tunbridge Wells’, and ‘PRINTED IN ENGLAND’. Franked in August 1917, the postcard has been addressed in black ink to ‘Charles Brundle / Hill Farm / Tibbenham sic / Long Stratton in Norfolk’. The accompanying message reads, ‘Hockwold Grange. / Aug. 28th 17. / Dear Charles / Sorry to hear you are not well, but hope you will soon be better. Hope you like P.C. Love from all / Your / Edith’. || || Postcard || A British comic and patriotic postcard || Front

Carte postale commémorant les combats victorieux dans les Carpathes. Siegreiche Kämpfe am Azcoker-Pass, 28. Januar 1915. Karpathen Ecrite à l'attention de Herrn Marcel Denü (frère de Frédéric), à Strasbourg