Name/Title
1918 21st (Eastern Ontario) Canadian Infantry Battalion cardEntry/Object ID
2007.11.2Description
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 - 1920Notes
Date: 31 May 2007Dimensions
Height
12 cmWidth
20.5 cmDimension 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.