Saturday, June 5, 2010

Life in the Army of Occupation

Here's an American soldier's hand-drawn postcard. I'm assuming it's from World War I because of the uniform, but I can't say for sure. Any thoughts?

5 comments:

  1. What an interesting card. My dad appreciated the cartoonist that hung around in the field while in WW2. The depicted life and opinions that no one else ever would publish.

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  2. Could also be WW2 because at the beginning they were wearing old uniforms from WW1. I guess you're saying it wasn't sent so no postmark?

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  3. T & L,
    The back is completely blank, unfortunately. However, I would think this has to be from the end of either war, since it's labeled as the Army of Occupation.

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  4. What a superb find. Nothing like a hand-made drawing on an old postcard. I'm stumped on the WWI vs. WWII question. Guess the type of ink used could be a clue.

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  5. Funny how the mind works. As I was reading this, I immediately thought of the poor police officers in AZ, who no doubt will get lots of folks screaming 'fresh' 'foul' and a few other things:(

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