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Handmade card from Robert Harcus to his mother and sister.

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AuthorHarcus, Robert
TitleHandmade card from Robert Harcus to his mother and sister.
NotesEditor's Comment:
Postcard made by sender: card, red cloth, string, pressed flowers, and a cutting of flags of the Allies.

Seaman 9159/A Robert Harcus, H.M. Trawler Touraco., Royal Naval Reserve, aged 33, died of illness 13th September 1917. The son of Mary Ann Harcus, of 22, Shore St., Kirkwall, he is buried in Kirkwall (St. Olaf's) Cemetery.
Item Date13th September 1917
Creation placeUnknown
File typeImage
Item sourcePostcard
Item mediumMixed
ContentPostcard
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_2346_from_robert_harcus.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameAlexander S Campbell
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/3969