1918 21st (Eastern Ontario) Canadian Infantry Battalion card

Name/Title

1918 21st (Eastern Ontario) Canadian Infantry Battalion card

Entry/Object ID

2007.11.2

Description

The cover of the Christmas Card is titled at the top "WITH BEST WISHES FOR" and at the bottom "CHRISTMAS". The cards cover shows a picture of a soldier (possibly Canadian) dropping bombs in a sleeping German soldiers socks from a bag he is holding entitled "BOMBS". Above the soldiers there is a banner titled "Gott Strafe England." This picture is surrounded by a white border. The card comes in two sheets. The back of the cards cover is white and has written on it "For the Past - Rememberance. / For the Present - Best Wishes. / For the Future - Good Fortune. /" Seperated by a three dot border, near the middle of the cover's back is written "Christmas Greetings and / the Best of Good Wishes / for the New Year / From " The other side of the cover on its front and back is blank. The outside of the card's interior sheet is blank. Inside the interior sheet is written clockwise, surrounding the emblem of the 21st Eastern Ontario Regiment, "'St. Eloi' / 'Passchendaele' / 'Amiens' / 'Arras' / Cambrai / 'Hill 70' / 'Vimy' / 'Somme''". Below this is written "EASTERN ONTARIO REGIMENT." Written in the bottom right hand corner of the page is written "Xmas Greetings." 1918 21st (Eastern Ontario) Infantry Battalion Christmas card. The card was once bound with a ribbon, but is no longer but the ribbons bow is still on the cards interior.

Made/Created

Date made

1915 - 1920

Notes

Date: 31 May 2007

Dimensions

Height

12 cm

Width

20.5 cm

Dimension Notes

These are the approximate dimensions of the card and its interior sheet unbound and lying down. The interior sheet appears to be slightly larger then its cover.