With the British Army in Flanders & France

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

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 & 14th September 1914.  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 British example shown here.  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 as mine.  Is that Mexico on the far left?  Continue reading →

Many British soldiers would never have been abroad before, hence comments such as the one above, ‘here are wild people who live like this’.  Actually, I could tell you tales of my own encounters with the Bedouin, but I probably won’t. Continue reading →

Another three-card Bamforth set today, and if you want my advice, mate, get shot of that red belt/bandolier combination you’ve got strapped across your shoulders, eh?  Continue reading →