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Postcard with handwritten text, which reads: ‘To Dick with all best wishes from Billie, Xmas 1915. Light after darkness, the Belgium flag.' Add to board
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WW1 Postcard with Handwritten Text

Back of the silk postcard decorated with the Royal Sussex Regiment, 8th Battalion badge. The handwritten message reads: ‘To Dick with all best wishes from Billie, Xmas 1915. Light after darkness, the Belgium flag. ON A.S. B.E.F. [On Active Service, British Expeditionary Force]’

Image: © Worthing Museum and Art Gallery