Series 5: Greetings: Wives and Sweethearts

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Accession Number	RC00688.005
Collection number	Postcard Collection (Silk Postcards) 10/5/-
Collection type	Published Collection
Record type	Series
Item count	37
Object type	Postcard
Maker	Unknown
Place made	France
Date made	1914-1919
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918

Description

This series contains greeting, birthday and Christmas cards embroidered with messages for wives and sweethearts.
The primary images are roses and pansies. All roses symbolize love, but certain colors of roses can take on special meanings. The most common colours used were red and pink. Red roses generally represented love. Pink roses generally represented gratitude, appreciation, and admiration.
The popular meaning of pansies was 'you occupy my thoughts'