This postcard belongs to the category known as ‘silks’ on account of its silk embroidery on a gauzy fabric. The embroidered details on this particular silk, which has been mounted within a cream border, include the legend ‘A KISS FROM YOUR DADDY’, violets, the Union Jack and the French flag (the ‘Tricolore’). The central flap can be lifted in the manner of an envelope’s flap; inside is a small rectangular card on which is printed a terrace scene surrounded by four-leafed clovers, along with the legend ‘A Loving Birthday Greetings sic’, with the French ‘Tricolore’ and the British Red Ensign flags being crossed in the bottom right-hand corner. On the reverse is printed ‘CARTE POSTALE’. There is a message written in pencil, which reads: ‘Dear Daughter / Just a line to let you know I have sent a P.C. to your Uncle John so with Best of Luck / I remain your loving Dad / good night tell Mamma’. || A 'silk' postcard with insert.

The information printed on the reverse of this postcard, called ‘A letter from Dad’, states that it was printed in England as ‘No. 1034’, part of the ‘“Patriot” Series’ produced by ‘Bamforth & Co., Ltd., Publishers, Holmfirth (England) and New York’. || A British postcard. || || Postcard || A British postcard.

A British sentimental postcard || Pictured on main portion of this black-and-white postcard are a girl and her mother, both dressed in white, apparently reading a letter together. Above them is the legend ‘A Message of Love Daddy’, with a flower depicted between this and an oval inset photograph of a British soldier shouldering his gun. The verse to the right of the mother and child reads, ‘Sitting at the Cottage door / Thinking of you far away / Our love for you grows more and more / And for your safe return we pray’. The printed information on the reverse states ‘H. B. Series. Entire British Production. London, E.C.’ and ‘No. 681’. || || A British sentimental postcard || Postcard