Martyr Ypres

Place Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres
Accession Number RC01640
Collection number Postcard Collection (Silk Postcards) 10/2/10
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 9 x 13.8 cm
Object type Postcard
Maker Unknown
Place made France
Date made 1914-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Woven silk postcard made in France during the First World War. This postcard depicts war damage to the Cloth Hall in Ypres. The postcard is woven in shades of red and grey to evoke the sense of devastation and ruin.