Hand-painted ink and watercolor card of a soldier walking to the A.F.A Canteen sends wishes for a Happy Pentecost from Austro-Hungarian lance-corporal Ernst Gundermann, May, 1917. Pentecost (a moveable feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the the disciples of Jesus after his death) fell on May 27, 1917.
A.F.A KantineFröhlich PfingstenWunsch der K.U.K. Ernst GundermannMai, 1917Gefr[eite] Gundermann (Lance-corporal)Happy Pentecost wishes from K.u.K. Ernst Gundermann[K.u.K.: Kaiserlich und Königlich, Imperial and Royal. Franz Joseph and his heir Karl were Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary.]Postmarked May 17, 1917
"Hand-painted ink and watercolor card of a soldier walking to the A.F.A Canteen sends wishes for a Happy Pentecost from Austro-Hungarian lance-corporal Ernst Gundermann, May, 1917. Pentecost (a moveable feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the the disciples of Jesus after his death) fell on May 27, 1917."
Sunday, May 27, 1917
May, 1917
Austria, trench art, 1917, May, KUK, KuK, Pentecost, postcard, 1917-05-27, Pentecost 1917
