posted on 2024-01-11, 15:27authored byLest We Forget Project Team
These postcards were handmade by women in Belgium and France. Some have embroidered inscriptions: 'With love, from Dad', 'Dear wife', for example. They were found at various antique/vintage shops and sales.
I (Brain Cross) have collected several hundred of these postcards. I first started collecting these (and many other objects relating to the First World War) because I wanted to know as much as possible about my grandfather and his experiences during the First World War. A father of five children, he had volunteered to fight. He was killed on 15 September 1916, after just 11 days in France.
History
Name of contributor(s)
Brian Cross
Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to
Unknown
Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place
1914 - 1918
Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place