Propagandne razglednice iz prve svetovne vojne

A modern postcard reproducing a 1915 British recruitment poster.

Front; Postcard with propaganda motif

The ink of the postmarks stamped on the back of this postcard have leached through to the front (they say ‘PLYMOUTH / 7 – / 12 FEB 18’ and ‘BUY NATIONAL WAR BONDS’). The initials of the artist who drew the illustration (‘C.T.N.’) headed ‘With Love from Da…

Patriotic cartoon postcard. British bulldog and sunken German ships. Posted 30 Sept 1914 from Exeter.; Front

In the course of the war, all kinds of postcards with patriotic images were made from silk. This map with the inscription Glory to Belgium shows the flags of the Allied troops. It is addressed to Reverend Sister Wivina, who was staying in the Refugee Uden…

War Song 1914

Part of the documentary ensemble: BNUStr017

Entitled ‘An Angel of Mercy.’, the staged, tinted scene on the front of this postcard portrays a boy dressed as a British officer lying on a makeshift stretcher (which actually appears to be a deckchair) on the grass, looking up at a girl dressed as a nur…

Joseph Coughlin was my mother's uncle, and was in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He worked with a horse and cart when he came back from serving on the Western Front, and lived for many years after the war. Joseph used to drink with Matt Talbot. These po…

Part of the documentary ensemble: BNUStr017