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A British patriotic postcard. || The printed information on the back of this black-and-white postcard includes a stamp box containing the words ‘Inland Postage 1/2d. / Foreign Postage 1d.’ This dates the postcard to some time before 3 June 1918, when inland postage rates for postcards went up to 1d. Four children wearing fancy dress posed in front of a Union flag for the photographic scene printed on the front of the postcard. Her helmet and trident identify the girl standing at the back as the personification of Britannia. In front of her are a boy in a sailor suit; a girl wearing a nurse’s uniform; and a boy dressed as a British soldier. A sign around the ‘nurse’s’ neck reads: ‘FOR THE RELIEF OF OUR ARMY & NAVY’. || || A British patriotic postcard, 'For the relief of our army and navy'. || Postcard

Martin Hestermans staat geheel links, gehurkt, met pijp in zijn handen en witte armband van Brancardier om de mouw. Duitse soldaten schoten bewust op de benen van brancardiers. Martin Hestermans maakte een 'geluksbrenger' van kogels om hem te beschermen tijdens zijn opdrachten. De groepsfoto toont soldaten waarvan ten minste één persoon op zijn kwartiermuts het insigne draagt van het 13e Linieregiment.