Summary
Christmas card, Anzac Mounted Division Xmas 1917. Cover of card features gold rising sun badge and fern leaves. Inside of card bears a cartoon illustration of saluting servicemen with signboards advertising Fray Bentos corned beef and H. & P Biscuits above the caption 'A DINKUM XMAS 1917'.
Handwritten message inside card: "From Will to Belle with fondest love".
Physical Description
Cream card with single fold; handwritten message inside. Front of card bears printed text in gold and superimposed rising sun badge with fern leaves. Inside card bears humorous illustration of servicemen with Fray Bentos corned beef and H. & P. Biscuits by an open fire from which smoke billows upwards to surround an illustration of a christmas pudding (?) and the numeral 1918. Artist's signature illeg.
More Information
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Collection Names
Military Memorabilia Collection, Returned and Services League (RSL) Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation & Subsequent Transfer from Victorian Branch, Returned & Services League of Australia Limited (RSL), Mrs J. Baggott, 24 Feb 1986
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Sender
Warrant Officer 2 Will E. Green - Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Australia, 1918
1st Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F. -
Organisation Named
1st Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 1918
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Organisation Named
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Organisation Named
H & P (Huntley & Palmers)
Huntley and Palmer (H & P) -
Format
Greeting Card
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Inscriptions
Printed on front: Greetings From/ Anzac Mounted/ Division/ XMAS 1917 Printed inside: EGYPT 1914 Handwritten inside: From Will/To Belle with fondest love
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
171 mm (Width), 142 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Cards, Christmas Cards, Militaria: Australian, Military Memorabilia, World War I, 1914-1918, Food, Advertising, Commerce