Historical information

These Postcard booklets were readily available in Cairo souvenir shops for service personal to send back home to their loved ones.

Significance

Used in WW1 by service personal in Egypt.

Physical description

Postcard Book .Rectangular in shape.Red in colour with a ribbon tied through two 4mm pierce holes in the spine.

Inscriptions & markings

SOUVENIR OF CAIRO. 12 Post-cards. Serie212. ED.THE-CAIRO. Postcard-Trust-Cairo.
also has a crescent moon with three five point stars within it.