5 cards for the memory of killed soldiers from Belgium
Five two-sided cards (dimensions 11,50 x 8,10 cm). On the front there is the Belgian flag with the dates 1914-1916, with three personalities in small circles and a bigger black and white photo of the dead in the center of the card, under the flag, and under a small text. On the back there are extracts from prayers.
I bought these five cards from an antiquer nearly 10 years ago. I keep them as a small memory from the First World War.
From a collection of 5 memorial cards for five dead soldiers.
Memorabilia
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Front
Card in memory of soldier
Brux
Back
Four cards in memory of soldiers
Home Front
Remembrance
Propaganda
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CONTRIBUTOR
ELEFTHERIOS CHATZINIKOLAOU
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
4
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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