Merry Christmas

Accession Number AWM2018.725.8
Collection number Postcard Collection (Silk Postcards) 10/9/90
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 9 cm x 14 cm
Object type Postcard
Maker Unknown
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Envelope style embroidered postcard featuring the sun reflecting on a body of water above a Union Jack. This central motif is surrounded by violets. In the envelope is a card printed with a portrait of a young woman and the message "A Christmas wish". The postcard relates to the First World War service of 3557 Private Daniel Bond Madgwick, 17th Infantry Battalion.