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This series contains silk postcards which have used Allied flags as their focus but may contain messages found in other series. Using Allied flags within images was very popular. One of the most common methods was to embroider patterns made up of Allied flags. Flag based cards can also be found in other series
This series contains cards sent to friends and relatives with a general message of greeting. Typical images used were the swallow, the pansy (which was a very popular image in silk cards. Its popular
This series contains embroidered Christmas and New Year cards. The majority of the cards have village snow scenes and / or holly with Robins being popular image used on Christmas cards. Some cards hav
This series contains greeting, birthday and Christmas cards embroidered with messages for wives and sweethearts. The primary images are roses and pansies. All roses symbolize love, but certain colors
This series contains cards embroidered with messages for relatives such as fathers, aunts, brothers and children (mothers, wives and sisters are held in different series). As with the general greeting
This series contains postcards written and sent between Harry Rose and his family while he was serving with B Company, 62 Battalion, 6 Division, during the First World War. This includes time in Engla
The Australian War Memorial has a collection of over 1000 woven, printed and embroidered silk postcards from the First World War, 1914-18. The majority of the collection are embroidered postcards. Wit