New year card
Category
Ephemera
Date
circa 28 Dec 1938
Materials
Card & Ribbon textile
Measurements
125 x 160 mm
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 638567.2
Summary
A new years card from the Ministry of War in Paris; the front with a gilt crest with bound fasces, laurel and the letters ‘FR’ and ‘REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE’ above and ‘MINISTERE DE LA GUERRE’ below. A tricolour ribbon; a view of the Arc De Triomphe on the reverse with a gilt sunrise visible through the arch. An inscription on the internal page of the card (see below).
Provenance
1990, purchased from J Montgomery-Massingberd.
Marks and inscriptions
In pen, on the inside page, ‘avec mes vaux les meilleurs/ a l’occasion de l’annee nouvelle/ avec mes respecteres hommages/ L-al Georges/ 28. 12. 38.’