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1917 Inland Postcard
The cards include a vignette on the address side featuring Henri Dunant (1828-1910), founder of the Red Cross.
28 August 1917: card addressed to Steckborn in Canton Thurgau and posted at Kempten, Zürich
KEMPTEN dispatch cds 28.VIII.17
Helvetia and Children
Artist: Charles-Louis-Eugène Burnand
(French, 1850-1921)
Printer: Gebr. Fretz A.G., Zurich
No’s sold: 182,883
Helvetia is the female national
personification of Switzerland. The
name of this allegorical figure is
derived from the Helvetii, a Gaulish
tribe that inhabited the Swiss plateau
prior to the Roman conquest.
Sale Price: 20c, with 15c donated to the Swiss Red Cross
