Edith Cavell Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Edith Cavell NPG x4185
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Unknown photographer
These postcards, were circulated in very large numbers as part of the propaganda campaign in which Cavell became a martyr. Her execution was used to sway neutral opinion against the Germans, and Recruitment doubled in the eight weeks after the announcement of her death.
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










