Italian Silk Flag distributed in Capodistria upon the arrival of Italian troops

Serbian charity postcard || This is a postcard showing a charity event, a Serbian Flag Day to collect money for the cause. Paper flags would be sold on the day and the money used for charitable purposes.

Four photos, one post-card and one printed remembrance card: (1) ca1916 Henri Michel Maurits Debruyne; (2) 1918 Ecole Scolaire Belge de Pourville Dieppe: 1ière Classe; (3) 1918 Ecole Scolaire Belge de Pourville Dieppe: 4ième Classe (4) Postcard: Grand-Hotel of Pourville (also Hotel Casino), the building in front of which the group pictures were taken (right arch is hotel entry, left arch is hotel exit) (5) ca 1918 Maurits en Michiel Debruyne in Pourville Dieppe (6) Remembrance card Holy Communion on August 18, 1918, with Michiel Debruyne || During the great war, my father, Michiel Debruyne, born 1907 in Veurne, Belgium, and his younger brother Maurits Debruyne, born 1911 in Veurne, Belgium, were sent to a Belgian war school colony in Pourville near Dieppe, France. According to the register found in the Belgian State Archives, they arrived on 22 April 1918 and stayed until 9 January 1919 (info M. Cappart). During the war, Veurne was the major city in the remaining free part of Belgium; Belgian Army headquarters operated from Veurne or Houtem near Veurne during the War. The Belgian school Colony in Pourville during the Great War startd on December 19, 1917. A total of 129 boys were hosted, most children coming from Free Belgium (see also https://oorlogskantschool.wordpress.com/rapport-acb/fotoalbum/). Michel Debruyne was one of 29 children listed for having their Solemn Communion on August 13, 1918 (Source Philippe Danger, Pourville). Only a few pictures remain. || || Extract from the register listing the Belgian children staying at the Colonie Scolaire in Pourville (register available in the Belgian State Archives in brussels, including ltters from parents) || Register Colonie Scolaire Pourville || Official document || || 49.9165004,1.0314083000000664 || Source: M Philippe Danger, fond documentaire et iconographique sur l'histoire de Pourville || Memoir || Pourville || Remembrance card Solemn Communion August 13 1918 || Michiel Debruyne || || 49.9165004,1.0314083000000664 || Casino Pourville || Source: Marie Cappart || || ca 1918 Maurits en Michiel Debruyne in Pourville Dieppe || Maurits Debruyne 7 year (left) and his brother Michiel Debruyne, 11 years old, are pictured in the Belgian School Colony uniform. They both stayed in Pourville near Dieppe, with other children from the Free Belgium area around Veurne, Belgium. || || Français || Photograph || Class photo of the School colony with Belgian children staying in Pourville near Dieppe. My father, Michiel Debruyne, aged 11 years in 1918, is sitting third from right on the first row. This picture is taken in front of the Grand-Hotel (also Hotel Casino) of Pourville beach, which is completely gone now. Postcards of the hotel can be found on the Internet. || Michiel Debruyne || 1918 Colonie Scolaire Belge de Pourville 1ière Classe || || Veurne, Belgium || 51.073268,2.6679384000000255 || Studio picture of Michiel Debruyne, left, about 9 years old, father Henri Debruyne (with his Belgian Post Office uniform), and Maurits Debruyne, right, about five years old, probably taken just before leaving to the Belgian school colony in Pourville in Dieppe; Henri Debruyne's family lived in Veurne, heart of free Belgium in 1916 || ca 1916 Henri Debruyne with his sons Michiel and Maurits before leaving for the School Colony || || Grand-Hotel of Pourville || Front || Postcard || || 49.9168773,1.0314750000000004 || Pourville || 1918 Colonie Scolaire Belge de Pourville 4ième Classe || Class photo of the School colony with Belgian children staying in Pourville near Dieppe. My uncle, Maurits Debruyne, aged 8 years in 1918, is sitting second from left on the first row. This picture is taken in front of the Grand-Hotel (also Hotel Casino) of Pourville beach, which is completely gone now. Postcards of the hotel can be found on the Internet.