Goodness, look what I just found…

How fabulous

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.

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

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

What a beautiful treasure .

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 wonderful find!

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.

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.

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"

What a wonderful surprise and keepsake

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

Very special.

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.

Ahh, lovely .

Oh wow Witzend,how lovely.Certainly a treasure.

How lovely. What a lovely find
Priceless.

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

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

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!