Crafts from the front

Silk postcards were very popular souvenirs for soldiers during the First World War, and provided an important source of income for French and Belgian handicraft workers.

"Good Luck A.V.C. [Army Veterinary Corps]"- by G.E., Paris; "Hurrah for Canada"; "Remember"; Forget Me Not" - n.d. [1916-17?]

postcards, 8.7cm x 13.6cm
War, Memory and Popular Culture Archives - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario
First World War