soldier looking out from trench at 1915 sun WE WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY XMAS AND NEW YEAR, SUCCESS, VICTORY AND SAFE RETURN | |
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Set Title 4th CORPS XMAS 1914 Set Comment black & white drawings, faint Tuck logo on front of the card to the front, both clearly drawn by the same hand. black & white drawings Green Jackets Museum writes about the card to the front:- "This card sent to every member of 4 Corps by Lady Rawlinson, wife of the Corps Commander, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Rawlinson, at Christmas 1914, soon after the First Battle of Ypres, is typical of a number in the Museum. In particular, the hopes of 'success, victory and a safe return' seem, in retrospect, to have been ironically premature." Card Comment this card to be sent to the front FROM LADY RAWLINSON AND THE FRIENDS OF THE 4TH CORPS Artist intertwined initials of Lt. Gen. Sir Henry Rawlinson, The Commander Estimate $30.00 USD Orientation Horizontal |
A PERISCOPE IN THE TRENCHES 4348 | |
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Set Title THE DARDANELLES OPERATIONS, SERIES II Set Comment PHOTOGRAVURE, PHOTO CENTRAL NEWS Estimate $10.00 USD Orientation Vertical |