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Christmas card sent by George Harris to his fiancée

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I have my father's BEF Christmas card for Christmas 1939 in an "active service" envelope A F W3078 together with embroidered card showing both the union flag and French tricolor and the writing "To my darling wife".

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My father's BEF Christmas card for Christmas 1939. An "active service" envelope A F W3078 Embroidered card showing both the Union flag and French tricolor and the writing "To my darling wife"

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George Henry Harris

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Peter Harris

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He was my father

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