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editPostcard, silk
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Postcard, silk |
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| Object type | Letters home/wars; Christmas/wars Classification: NM3.12771 |
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| Description |
English: WW1 silk embroidered card - 'Merry Christmas', WW1 from 25-1840 Rifleman Frank S Whitaker, NZRB, to his wife, 24.10.1916 floral pattern embossed card surround; embroidered insert with British red ensign flag, holly sprigs and mistletoe; printed verso as postcard; makers name printed verso- "Paul Heckscher, Paris" |
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| Date | 24 Oct 1916; World War 1, 1914-18-wars; Circa 1916; Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Embroidered/embroidery/needlework | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 140mm |
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614130 (object number) |
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| Place of creation | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1995x2.342 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | greeting card sent by associated with 25-1840 Rifleman Frank Silk Whitaker, NZ Rifle Brigade, kia, Passchendaele 12.10.1917 "Somewhere in France 24-10-16 Dear Wife, I am sending this card to Baby and have been thinking it must be a Girl but I may be wrong, It will be very funny if I am. But I wish I could get a letter from you so I would know how you got on, I don’t get any mail now but some day I may get some letters from old N.Z. Now goodbye dear kiss the little one for me and tell that her old Dad is allright so far. Freddie" (F.S.W.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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