Card - CARD, CHRISTMAS & ENVELOPE, 1917

Physical description

1. Folded cardboard card. On the front is embossed, A Gold Rising Sun Badge". A sprig of flowers/leaves and underneath a paragraph stating - One King, One Flag, One Empire. It shows a crown and the Red Ensign. Inside is a slip of paper with the addressee and a little poem from the trenches. Pte T. McOrmond 2938 Christmas 1917. It has a decorative cord around the spine.
2. This is a brown envelope with the printed stamp of Australian YMCA on the top left corner. Written across the top is "On Active Service Abroad". Right hand corner has a round stamp "AIF CAMP P.O. 18 Feb 18".
The addressee is Miss Linda Neighbour, Post Office, Sebastian Vic, Australia.

Inscriptions & markings

Addressee was - To My Dear Cousin Linda with love from Cousin Tom.

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