German postcard 'Sei getreu bis in den Tod'
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| Subject | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Title | German postcard 'Sei getreu bis in den Tod' |
| Notes | Postcard depicting a wounded German soldier being visited by Christ, with the caption: 'Sei getreu bis in den Tod' ('Be loyal unto death'). Noted as 'Taken from a dead German'. Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph. |
| Item Date | 1914 - 1915 |
| Creation place | Unknown |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Postcard |
| Item medium | Card |
| Content | Postcard |
| Cataloguer | Richard Marshall |
| Filename | GWA_2469_ricegermancard.jpg |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | Stuart Lee |
| Contributed on the behalf of | P Vainker |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4075 |
