WWI? PICTURE POST CARD - SURRENDER SIGNING?

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  1. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    I found a few old military picture post cards in a drawer last night. The top left one has Fetes de la Victoire 1919 on lower right corner, but when I googled that I found one other example of this old post card - but it doesn't say anything about it! (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/352969689527663896/?lp=true)
    Can someone tell me what the picture is of?
    I take it it's a rare postcard?
    Thank you!
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  2. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    "Surrender Signing" - no. The large one is a picture of a "party" or celebration in France, July 13, 1919. The hostilities of WWI ended the previous November.
     
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  3. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    There was a Peace Conference that started in Jan 1919, culminating in the signing of peace treaties in June (although it should be noted that the peace process continued until 1923.) This Fetes de la Victoire was no doubt the French celebration of the June signings.
     
  4. Kronos

    Kronos Well-Known Member

    Well, the pinterest link does say Poincare, for French President Raymond Poincaré.
     
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  5. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Very few postcards are rare, since they were mass produced. Still, 100 years later -- who knows?

    EDITED to add: Postcards can be rare if they are real photo postcards published for individuals or families or small groups. The one under consideration isn't that type, I'm pretty sure. :) The other two in your first post might not be mass produced, or at least not as many copies printed. Hard to tell.
     
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  6. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    The other thing is: there's not necessarily a connect between rarity and desirability.
     
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  7. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    does it say somewhere that the pic with "13 juillet" was taken in Paris ? because in Alsace the big party starts on the 13th.
     
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  8. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Cut off on bottom left ...DIX, Paris
     
  9. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    that's only the maker.
     
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  10. journeymagazine

    journeymagazine Well-Known Member

    So I should call it end of wwII celebration?
     
  11. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    No - World War I.
     
  12. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    it might be very well possible that the festivities started early in 1919 because it was the first national day after the war.
     
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