Military-Related Holiday Cards and Paper Ephemera of World War I (Compiled by The Military Postal History Society

Military-Related Holiday Cards and Paper Ephemera of World War I (Compiled by the Military Postal History Society - MPHS)

This page contains a collection of First World War holiday-related cards, including those sent by military men in the field. This collection was compiled by Society members Bob Swanson and Sergio Lugo from images donated by the generous people listed below.

You may view individual cards by clicking on their thumbnail images, if you wish. See: web pages showing all cards in a grid format.

As more items are submitted to the MPHS, they will be added to this growing database.

You can find specific card titles by using the search box that follows. Enter a keyword you wish to find, such as 'soldier' or 'wreath'.

In addition, all cards have been grouped by some of the category information associated with each card. Check the following grouping web pages.

Category Listings

Grouped by Country -- Grouped by Charity Organization -- Grouped by Holiday -- Grouped by Artist -- Grouped by Year

MPHS Bulletin Articles about this Project

Introduction and Description of the Holiday Card Project (PDF)

Article about Embroidered Postcards (PDF)

Other Sources of Military-Related Holiday Cards

During the creation of this web page group, many other sources of card images were discovered. They are linked to in the separate page of additional military-related holiday card images.

Donors

Donors to the project have included:

Fred Hensel
Otto Bloedow
Gregory Ciesielski
Nicholas Crouch
Cary Finder
David Kent
Alfred Kugel
Alan Lauer
Sergio Lugo
Dann Mayo
Konrad Meyer
Bob Swanson
Hal Vogel
Dasa Metzler
Pat McNally
Peter Roberts
J. Verner
Harold Krische