First World War Silk Postcards.- A collection of 27 postcards of the First World War, 25 silk embroidered, featuring a wide range of designs, from seasonal greetings, to flags and patriotic images, to sentimental motifs of flowers and birds, addressed from British soldiers, to their loved ones, some foxing and dust soiling, 1914-1916. *** Embroidered silk postcards were a common souvenir of the First World War and became one of the most popular ways for soldiers to send their love back home. Originally hand-embroidered and then machine embroidered by women in France and Belgium, the postcards represented a beloved keepsake for troops and their families.