A British patriotic postcard || The printed details on the reverse of this postcard state ‘Copyright. Printed and Published by J. Salmon, Sevenoaks, England / Mack, King Henry’s Rd, Hampstead, London’, ‘985’ and ‘Printed in Great Britain’. The illustration on the front portrays a stern-looking boy with sheets of newspaper in front of him. The caption below says, ‘WISH I WAS AN ANGEL––So’s I could drop Bombs on the Germans !’ || || A British patriotic postcard || Postcard

A British sentimental postcard. || Two rather grim scenes comprise the pictorial element of this postcard. The first, in the top right-hand corner, shows two British soldiers firing their rifles from a dugout. Beneath this vignette is pictured a living room, with a distracted-looking mother sitting bolt upright in an armchair, her three daughters kneeling in prayer around her. The verse below, headed ‘HOLY FATHER, IN THY MERCY (1).’, reads, ‘Holy Father, in Thy mercy, / Hear our anxious prayer, / Keep our loved ones, now far absent, / ’Neath Thy care.’. ‘BAMFORTH (COPYRIGHT).’ has been printed in the bottom left-hand corner. The text on the reverse states, ‘BAMFORTH & CO., LTD., PUBLISHERS HOLMFIRTH (ENGLAND) AND NEW YORK. SERIES NO. 4841/1 / PRINTED IN ENGLAND.’ || || A British sentimental postcard headed 'Holy Father, in thy mercy'. || Women || Postcard || Home Front

A British patriotic postcard || The artist who created the scene on the front of this postcard signed his initials, ‘AE’, beneath the table on which a girl is depicted resting her elbow, apparently lost in thought. The picture of a praying girl above is called ‘The Soul’s Awakening’. The headline of the newspaper on the table states, ‘Another Zeppelin outrage! Women and children killed – many bombs dropped’. The caption below reads, ‘“Oh how I wish I were an angel up above – then I could drop bombs on those wicked Germans!’. The typeset details on the back include ‘H. B Series. Entire British Production. London, E.C.’, and ‘No. 634’. The postcard was mailed to ‘Mr Paddy Nevin / 51, Viking Rd / Arbour Hill / Dublin in Ireland, then part of the United Kingdom’. The pencilled message alongside reads, ‘Having a nice time. Weather not very good. Remember me to Mr Wallace. By the way I fail to see him here The signature is illegible’. || || Postcard || A British patriotic postcard || Front