'Follow the drum.'
A British patriotic postcard
The subject of this postcard is a young girl wearing a British soldier’s cap, with what appears to be a Royal Artillery cap badge. She stands poised to bang the drum that hangs around her neck with the drumsticks that she is holding in each hand. Below are the words ‘FOLLOW THE DRUM’. On the reverse is printed ‘W777/2 Printed in Great Britain’.
Home Front
Recruitment and Conscription
Postcard
CREATOR
The Army Children Archive
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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