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Homeland
(2012-03-05)
(Color) This postcard displays song lyrics and proceeds went to "our Wounded, Soldiers and Prisoners." This card is uninscribed and unposted.
My Old Comrade (2)
(2012-03-05)
(Black and White) This card is another version of "My Old Comrade." It appears very similar except that the top question begins by mentioning "has excellent references" and does not provide a price after asking for help. ...
Tip-Top Tipperary Mary (1)
(Bamforth & Co., Ltd. (England (Europe, United Kingdom) and New York (North and Central America, United States, New York)), 2012-03-05)
(Color) This postcard depicts a soldier (Tipperary Tommy) laying in a field imagining a young woman (Tipperary Mary). Since the number (1) is included in the title on the card, it is probably the first in a series of ...
My Old Comrade
(2012-03-05)
(Black and White) This is a simple text with a printed song called "My Old Comrade," written by a soldier, Pte. G. Taylor with the 4th Royal Fusiliers. The top of the card reads "Can you give this Ex-service Man a job, ...
It's a Long, Long Way From Tipperary
(British Manufacture ((probably) England (Europe, United Kingdom)), 2012-03-05)
(Black and White) This card depicts an image of soldiers "in action[,] driving back the huns." The poem is a verse from a popular song at the time, used by permisison of B. Feldman & Co. in London. This card is uninscribed ...
Fall In! (1)
(2012-03-05)
(Color) This postcard is a "Daily Chronicle" reprint of one of Begbie's poems, "Fall In," (later set to music copyrighted by Enoch & Sons) urging men to join the war. Unlike "Fall In! (2)," this poem is printed under the ...
The Soldier's Marching Song
(2012-03-05)
(Color) Printed in blue, this postcard depicts two flags (Great Britain and the Royal Standard) and a crown with the words "Keep the Flag Flying." As per the title, the text can be sung to the tune of "Ring the Bell, ...
It's a Long Way to Tipperary (from Berlin)!
(2012-03-05)
(Black and White) This postcard displays poem text with title and no additional adornments. (The tune is likely the same as the popular British song by the same name, written by Jack Judge and Harry Williams before the ...
A Soldier's Letter
(2012-03-05)
(Black and White) Text only, this card provides an epistolary poem that can be sung as lyrics to the "tune of Moutains of Mourne, Composed by L/Cpl. W. Roberts, D. L. I." This card is uninscribed and unposted.
Das Kreuz auf dem Schlachtfeld
(Jul Manias & Cie. (Jul. Manias & Co.) (Strasbourg (Belgium, Wallonia, Namur province)), 2012-03-05)
(Black and White) This postcard is a photograph of the Cross of Saarburg, a field cross near the village of Buhl-Lorraine, featuring a statue of Christ. As part of the Battle of Lorraine, the Battle of Saarburg took place ...