Written by admin on 28 October, 2009 – 10:45 pm -
WWI saw a great use of postcards for propaganda purposes. They were small, so easily carried and also capable of being mass produced. Both sides in the conflict, the Allies - primarily Britain, France and Russia and the Central Powers - Germany, Austria and Turkey used postcard propaganda extensively. So too did the Americans when they entered the war in 1917.
Both sides in the conflict promised that the war would be over by Christmas 1914. It is perhaps one of the more poetic tragedies that the turmoil continued for four years, destroying 4 Christmases in total.
World War One Silks were embroidered postcards produced in the main between 1914 and 1919, although production did continue until around 1923. They were most popular with British and American servicemen on duty in France and Belgium. Silks were made by French and Belgian female refugees in their homes and refugee camps.
I hope that I have been able to offer you a flavour of the types of Military Postcard associated with the WWI period. There is much more to read about Military Postcards of WWI at Propaganda Postcards of the Great War.
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