Russian Imperial Easter World War I Holiday Postcard
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c.1915–1917
This Russian Imperial Easter postcard, dating to circa 1915–1917, serves as an example of wartime correspondence blending religious tradition with patriotic imagery.
The color-printed postcard is constructed of paper and measures 5.25" x 3.5". Its central illustration features a bearded Russian soldier in a gray military overcoat drinking from his field cap, set against a battlefield cemetery background marked by Orthodox grave crosses. This scene is framed within a decorative Art Nouveau-style oval border, which is accented by diamond-shaped panels containing a cross-form monogram and a stylized letter "B."
The reverse side of the card includes printed postcard headings in Cyrillic, a handwritten Easter greeting in pre-reform Russian script featuring the traditional "Christ is Risen!" phrase, and a purple circular military verification stamp. The postcard represents the intersection of cultural remembrance and the realities of military service during the final years of the Russian Empire.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 5.25" x 3.5"
Technical characteristics
- Printing
- color-printed
Design
- Obverse
- Russian soldier, battlefield cemetery, Art Nouveau border, monogram, letter B
- Reverse
- Cyrillic headings, handwritten greeting, military stamp
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
Catalogue references
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