Category Archives: Postcards

Wounded soldiers featured frequently on Great War postcards. 

Another Daily Mail postcard, again showing men under fire, and again a striking image. 

Regimental cards were a sure-fire seller, such as the rousing, patriotic, example shown here. 

Snowy scenes from early in the war today.  This first card shows one of the early actions on the Eastern Front, as the Germans eject the Russians from eastern Germany at the Battle of the Masurian Lakes, between 7th & … Continue reading →

Guns, guns, and more guns.  It was a war of artillery such as had never been seen before, and so it should come as no surprise that the awe-inspiring big guns would feature on Great War postcards, such as the … Continue reading →

Now here’s an Italian!  Or at least a Frenchman pretending to be an Italian.  Best I can do!!

Today we have some French cards in which children hold centre stage, this lot dressed up in a variety of weird attire to represent the Allied nations; your guess as to which particular countries are represented is probably as good … Continue reading →