‘Fredk Spurgin’, the name of the artist who drew the illustration on the front of this postcard, can be read above the caption, ‘COME OVER, YOU WILL BE WELCOME.’, with the French equivalent – ‘Passez, vous serez le bienvenu!’ – printed beneath that. The scene shows a British soldier walking resolutely towards a plank bridging a stream. A girl wearing a French liberty cap stands on the opposite bank, her arms outstretched in welcome. The printed information on the back states, ‘Inter-Art Co., Red Lion Square, London, W.C. / ALLIANCE” Series. / No. 280. / British Manufacture’. The postcard is addressed in ink to ‘Miss L. Draper. / No. 8. Manor Avenue. / Apsley End. / Hemel Hempstead / Herts’. There is also a message, which reads, ‘Dear Linn ? / Am sorry but shall not be able to come over on Saturday || A British patriotic postcard || || A British patriotic postcard || Postcard || Western Front

Described as a ‘MIDGET MESSAGE CARD’, further printed information on the back of this card, which is far smaller than a postcard, includes the following details: ‘Presented with “The Red Letter.”’ / ‘From’; ‘The Address only to be written here’ / ‘To’; and ‘For Halfpenny Postage Sender’s Name and Address only allowed.’ Two elements make up the composite image on the front: firstly, a photograph of a small girl with her hands held together in prayer, looking towards, secondly, an inset head-and-shoulders portrait of a British soldier. Printed across the lower third of the card is the following verse: ‘You know, dear Daddy, I don’t forget / And I pray for you every day. / And God will bless you I know, but yet / I’d rather you’d not stay away. / You know, dear Daddy, we’re thinking of you / Always, wherever you be. / And we always know that you’re brave and true / Just the same as Mamma and me.’ Along the bottom are the words ‘Copyright’ and ‘Wanderer’, while ‘No. 10’ can be seen in the bottom right-hand corner. || A British sentimental postcard.

Donald McGill, the artist who illustrated this postcard, signed his name below the comic image that he created of a small boy swamped by an adult British soldier’s tunic, belt and cap and holding a toy sword. The caption beneath his name reads, ‘Brings the war home to you doesn’t it – all us military chaps about !’. On the back, the printed text states ‘Inter-Art Co., Red Lion Square, London, W.C. / “COMIQUE” Series No. 1329 British Manufacture Throughout.’. Also on the reverse is a handwritten name and address – ‘Master Fred Daly ? / Little Coates / Nr Grimsby’ – along with a message, dated ‘March 3rd 1916’. The message reads, ‘Isn’t this a fine chap just like Freddie. It is Bettys ? birthday she is having a fine time. I gave her a tricycle. How is Mummy & ? & Daddy. My love to them. Your loving Grannie x x x x x x x x’. The postmark informs us that it was stamped at Wilmslow, Manchester, at 7.45pm on 3 March 1916. || A British comic and patriotic postcard || || Recruitment and Conscription || Home Front || Postcard || A British comic postcard.