Item
Identifier:
2021_05_060
Alternative Title
Comrades
Date
1914 – circa 1916;Estimated dates
Extent
1 postcard
Format
ephemera
Description
Postcard image of a sikh soldier and British soldier walking side by side with the flags for the United Kingdom and the Star of India flag used when the Indian subcontinent was under British occupation. The postcard caption reads: "Comrades; 'India, with no less alacrity, has claimed her share in the common task. Every class and creed, British and Native, Princes and People, Hindoos and Mahometans, vie with one another in a noble and emulous rivalry. Two divisions of her magnificent Army are already on their way.' -From the Guildhall Speech of The Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of Great Britain."
Language
English
Notes
Courtesy of Indus Media Foundation of Canada
Subject Headings - SACDA
Sikh soldiers
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113822]
