A boy wearing a sailor suit smiles out at us from the front of this postcard, beneath the legend ‘Is’nt sic it jolly? We’re Allies!’. He is holding a Union flag, alongside which is the Stars and Stripes of the United States of America. ‘Oilette’ can be discerned in the bottom right-hand corner. The typeset text on the reverse states: ‘Copyright London. “ISN’T IT JOLLY?” / Photo: Downer. / Raphael Tuck & Sons’ “OILETTE” Postcard No 3132 / ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN.’ / By Appointment / Printed in England’. The USA entered the First World War on 6 April 1917. || A British patriotic postcard || || Postcard || A British patriotic postcard || Front

French cockade with other, Allied colours. || This is a decorative cockade in the colours of France, the blue-white-red ribbons at the top, and also Belgium, with the black-yellow-red, of Great Britain, with the red ensign colours, and Serbia, with the red-blue-white. The metal digits showing the year '1917' is sewn onto the central ribbon.

Button badge showing a montage of Allies flags. || This is a button badge featuring the flag colours of some of the Allied Nations, namely Britain, France, Belgium, Russia, Serbia, and Italy, and the years 1914 and 1915. The writing on the back shows that it was made by F. Roche, of 395 8th Avenue, New York, USA, and there is also text in French which reads: 'Souvenir de la Guerre 1914 Drapeaux Des Allies Patente'. Interestingly, the text on both the front and back of the badge are in French, though it was manufactured in America at least a couple of years before the US joined the war.