Undated Christmas card

The Flags that Fight in Freedoms cause

Reference Number:- Godden Number:- Sprake Number:- Radley Number:-
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Title words, image of five flags, plus ribbon with countries names

Woven on Silk:-

 
 
THE
FLAGS THAT FIGHT
IN FREEDOMS
CAUSE
{image of five flags, being:-}
 
      IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY  
  GT. BRITAIN   FRANCE  
  BEGIUM   JAPAN  
 
 
{ribbons with countries names:-}
 
GT. BRITAIN
 
BELGIUM
 
FRANCE
 
    RUSSIA   JAPAN
  
 
 
Printed at bottom of card:-
 
WOVEN IN PURE SILK
 
W. H. GRANT & Co.
 
COVENTRY.
 
 
 
image of inside pages
 

Printed on card insert:-

 
 
 
 
 
Old times may alter, and changes befall,
But old friends are old friends, in spite of all.
 
 
 

With all Good Wishes

for a

Bright and Happy Christmas

and a

Prosperous New New Year

   From   

{space for name}

 
 
There is also a second version of this card, with exactly the same woven silk front, but insert with different words:
 
Title words, image of five flags, plus ribbon with countries names

Woven on Silk:-

 
 
THE
FLAGS THAT FIGHT
IN FREEDOMS
CAUSE
{image of five flags, being:-}
 
      IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY  
  GT. BRITAIN   FRANCE  
  BEGIUM   JAPAN  
 
 
{ribbons with countries names:-}
 
GT. BRITAIN
 
BELGIUM
 
FRANCE
 
    RUSSIA   JAPAN
  
 
 
Printed at bottom of card:-
 
WOVEN IN PURE SILK
 
W. H. GRANT & Co.
 
COVENTRY.
 
 
 
image of inside pages
 

Printed on card insert:-

 
 
 
 
 
Remembrance adds a link to Friendhip's
Golden Chain.
 
 
 

To Greet You

With all Kind Thoughts

and Best Wishes

for the

Coming Year

   From   

{space for name}

 

 
Size:
card:
8.7cm wide by 13.5cm deep

silk:
cm long by cm deep

Comments:
The flags are of course those of the countries forming the allies of the First World War. As the Imperial Russian Navy flag ceased in 1917, the silk design must pre-date that. 
 

 


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This page was created on 30 May 2017
improved image of insert added 21 August 2021. Second version of card added 12 December 2023

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