‘“BLESS ALL WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR US.”’ is the legend that appears beneath this photograph of a mother supervising her children’s bedtime prayers. Further printed details on the photograph read as follows: ‘BASSANO’, ‘NO.9.’ and ‘Copyright’. The printed information on the back of this card, which is far smaller than a postcard, informs us that it is a ‘MIDGET MESSAGE CARD’ that was ‘Presented with “The Red Letter.”’. Also printed on the back, along the bottom, is the line, ‘From . . . . . . . .’, while the outline of a postage stamp has been printed on the top-right-hand corner. || A British 'midget message card' || || A British 'midget message card' || Other

This is a US-made medal commemorating the Allies of the First World War. The text reads, at the top ‘DO RIGHT’, left bottom ‘AND FEAR’, right bottom ‘NO MAN’. It is a circular medal with an eagle and on top of which is a shield. There is national symbolism throughout: the eagle represents the United States and, on the left-side of shield itself, the ship represents Great Britain, the cockerel represents France, the Cross of Savoy represents Italy, and the lion’s head represents Montenegro. On the right-side of the shield, the bear represents Russia, the lion rampant represents Belgium, the four fire-steels, or four C’s, represent Serbia, and the rising sun represents Japan. There are 13 stars around the edge of the medal, which represent the original 13 colonies of the United States. In the upper left of the shield is an ‘AD’, for anno domini, and, in the upper right of the shield is the year ‘1916’. On the left wing of the eagle is the word ‘COPYRIGHT’ and, on the right wing is the word ‘SPICER-SIMPSON’, indicating Theodore Spicer-Simpson, the engraver of the medal. The medal was commissioned by the ‘American Fund for French Wounded’ which provided relief for wounded French soldiers during the war.

A British patriotic and sentimental postcard