Goodness, look what I just found…

Dawniek

I don't have the card, but I have the tin. It was my husbands GF 😀

I heard of someone who had the tin, with all the contents still intact! Must have been a remarkably self disciplined serviceman to abstain from the fags and chocolate!

I don't have the card, but I have the tin. It was my husbands GF 😀

Oh that's so lovey. and it's in great condition after all these years...a treasure..

How lovely. What a lovely find
Priceless.

Oh wow Witzend,how lovely.Certainly a treasure.

Ahh, lovely .

I have heard about this before ( maybe on Antiques Roadshow) but never seen one so thanks for letting us see it closely. It looks to be in excellent condition. Yes certainly worth keeping with a note as suggested. Will this start you doing some family history research.? Once you start you will get absorbed. Oddly enough my own research started in a similar way after finding an engraved pocket watch.

Very special.

very collectible item but no way would I part with it. that is a wonderful piece of social history. when it arrived you can imagine how thrilled that solider was stuck in probably terrible conditions

What a wonderful surprise and keepsake

Very moving. How lovely to have that bit of family history.

My Grandfather died in WW1 aged 50. He was chief engineer on a ship torpedoed by the Germans off Ireland.

I have no photos of him, only a postcard he sent to my father for his 1st birthday where he calls him his "Wee baby boy"

That is so touching. I often think what my grandparents must have gone through during WW1 and this really sums up the spirit of the age.

I have a lovely card sent from my GF to his fiancee during WW1. French & Belgian women made a little extra money by embroidering long strips of silk with some beautiful stitchwork. They were usually of a patriotic theme and in jewel bright colours. Those strips were sent to workshops where they were cut and framed in white card. I often wonder how such delicate and beautiful work came from the maelstrom of WW1.

What a wonderful find!

Wow. A little bit of history right there. Yes I would do what Magenta suggests, write a short note behind the history of this lovely card & put in some acid free paper to protect it.

What a beautiful treasure .

It's lovely. I like the inscription from Princess Mary and friends at home.

Oh gosh! There’s one of those on display at a local regimental museum. What a treasure. X

It's a very interesting little bit of your family history and it looks to be in pristine condition. I would advise you to write a short description of what it is and enclose it in the card for future generations.

How fabulous