To My Dear Mother

Accession Number AWM2018.725.2
Collection number Postcard Collection (Silk Postcards) 10/6/60
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 9 cm x 14 cm
Object type Postcard
Maker Unknown
Place made France
Date made c 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Envelope style embroidered silk postcard decorated with a red and black rose surrounded by daisies, and the words "To my dear mother" surrounded by Forget-me-nots. Inside the envelope is a small card featuring a print of a castle, and the above phrase repeated. This postcard relates to the First World War Service of 3557 Private Daniel Bond Madgwick, 17th Infantry Battalion.