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Aug 8, 2014 - Netherlands a spying centre. As often happens in times of war, neutral, unobtrusive territory evolves into a hotspot for espionage and security services. Rotterdam became a hub for the international information network where both sides of the conflict would recruit adventurers in harbour cafes to spy on the enemy.
There sure is a lot of strange subject matter that you find on postcards.
Says Antwerp on the front & that sure look like a Limey Bobbie to me. (?)
Our forces were certainly in the thick of things there. Lot of sheet music covers, even one bt Norm Rockwell, picturing. our soldiers graves covered wth Poppies at Flanders Field. The seller said Rotterdam, (Holland). maybe more info will be forthcoming. The card is very interesting and I am sure we will have the story. Blunderbuss, you of all people a world traveler, must have the facts right! Thanks.
ENLARGE # 3, FLANDERS POSTCARD.
Flanders Field postcard, Belgium. How many of the USA and Britain fallen there, thousands??
It does say "r'dam" on the back, but that is probably where it was printed. We don't have a Rotterdam or Antwerp in the Caribes that I know of.
Well, hon----don't stop looking.....
Here is the poem in full:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
The poem manages to walk that fine line between patriotism and grief, mourning and resilience. The opening image, of the poppies scattered among the graves, seems to hold out promise of some beauty in a dark world
Thus began for we oldsters "POPPY DAY" and the wearing of the Poppy flower (sold on street corners Nov. 11, and made of paper) Now we have Rememberance Day which includes WW11 fallen, but in the last decades I have seen nary a Poppy worn. Have you?
Many thnaks to all who looked!!