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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 Kantine
Fröhlich Pfingsten
Wunsch der K.U.K. Ernst Gundermann
Mai, 1917
Gefr[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
Austria, trench art, 1917, May, KUK, KuK, Pentecost, postcard, 1917-05-27, Pentecost 1917
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Postcard celebrating the arrival of the first American troops in France; they arrived May 26, 1917.
Arrivée des Américains en France
Arrivée du premier Convoi
Arrival of the Americans in France
Arrival of the first Convey [sic]
Visé, Paris no. 420
Logo: ELD
Reverse:
Imp. E Le Deley, Paris
US troop ship, 1917-05-26, 1917, May, America, United States, US Troops arrive in France