Another World War One propaganda postcards from my grandfather’s collection: The text in the picture says “French people, let’s remember!” The legend says: Reconquered France (1917) – Nouvron – Fritz shelters in stone quarries, retaken in March 1917.
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This postcard is pretty interesting in the fact that it is in color (black and white pictures that has been painted over). Also the cannon that is depicted, the French 75 mm field gun seems to have been a big deal back then, it even has its own wikipedia […]
The sub-title says “the Prussian Hyena is hiding in Saint-Quentin.” An interesting propaganda postcard dating probably from 1915. To give you some historical background, Saint-Quentin is a small city from the northern part of France and it was occupied early on by German forces during World War One. It […]
Another fascinating World War One era postcard. Here we’re clearly in the realm of plain and simple propaganda, early 20th Century style. I don’t think I need to translate, but just in case, it says: “Made in France vs Made in Germany – the Krupp cannons debacle” I […]
Winter Sports in the Vosges (circa 1914) Interesting postcard for many reasons. How often do you get to see a skier from one hundred years ago? Also, this card is one of the many that I own that were written by the mysterious Jean Sazy to his wife […]
Another World War One postcard. Interesting to see the infantry column walking through the Vosges mountains on the picture. Most World War One postcards that I own rarely name the exact location of where the picture was taken when it shows soldiers. One has to assume that this […]
English heavy artillery in action. War of 1914-1915. Another one of those postcards depicting World War One, with the usual “inaccurate” dates as people obviously didn’t know when it was going to end.
This postcard is one of the most fascinating I have of World War One. It’s fascinating on many levels. First, it may seem surprising to see such an image on a postcard, but what I’ve learned with this collection of postcards, it is that a century ago, they […]
Another one of those colored postcards (basically a black and white picture that was colored afterwards) depicting a French soldier circa 1914. It shows their infamous blue and red uniform that was sure great for 19th century style of warring, not so much when war entered the industrial […]
The Châtel Gate in Verdun is the oldest gate of the town (it dates from the 13th Century) and while this picture dates from before World War One, it survived the war and still stands nowadays (however as you can see on recent pictures of the gate, the […]