"Greetings" Set

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Publisher Savigny   Location Paris Numbers have been included here for the purposes of cataloging only. Date n/a n/a See table at bottom of page for a complete list of card and message combinations. Cards               Set Long Short Banner Text Here’s looking at you … 1 1 GREETINGS • Happy New Year Everything’s as right as rain … 2 2 Compliments from France • A HAPPY New Year • To wish you a very happy Christmas Remember the day, Bill … 3 3 Good Wishes • Happy New Year • GREETINGS • GREETINGS From “somewhere” in France Don’t worry / Ten to one it’s over … 4   GREETINGS • Greetings Our Sergeant plays Father Xmas … 5 4 BEST THANKS • A HAPPY NEW YEAR • Greetings The same to you, and many of them … 6 5 SWEET REMEMBRANCE FROM France • HAPPY NEW YEAR • HAPPY CHRISTMAS I don’t want it myself … 7 6 Sweet Remembrance from France • A Merry Xmas • A Merry Xmas from “Somewhere” in France I feel like Father Christmas … 8 7 Greetings • Greetings  From somewhere in France With my best / The compliments of the … 9 8 Greetings • From somewhere in France • ALL GOOD WISHES • From somewhere in France I feel that I am a nice … 10   GREETINGS • GREETINGS from France

 

GC 1 “Here’s looking at you!”         Use of Tin Cans for Braziers      Soldiers often cooked their meals in a small mess tin on top of a brazier made of a square tin with holes in it. The brazier was frequently set up on a couple of empty food cans.
GC 2 “Everything’s as right as rain!”         CHEERO TRENCH Cheero = Cheerio (coll. parting word of encouragement, popularized during WW1). For ease of identification, many trenches were often named after local landmarks the units which occupied them, or familiar streets in towns and cities at home. The names were painted on wooden boards and placed like street signs throughout the maze of trenches. Other signs indicated the whereabouts of unit headquarters, medical aid posts and supply dumps, or warned soldiers of danger spots.
GC 3 “Remember the day, Bill: Let’s make these look a bit cheerful!”         MERRY XMAS The two soldiers are painting a 2 inch Medium Trench Mortar (phonetically, “Toca Emma”), also known as the 2-inch Howitzer, and nicknamed the "Toffee Apple" or "Plum Pudding" mortar, was a British SBML medium trench mortar in use from mid-1915 to mid-1917. Its primary use was in cutting barbed wire defenses and attacking enemy front line trenches, such as in the July 1916 attack on the Somme.
GC 4 Don’t worry! We’re winning “Ten to one it’s over by next Christmas anyway!”         Tommy and his colleague appear to be launched into the air as a result of an underground mine dug by German sappers. Sandbags were used for building up the front of the trenches, for extra defense around machine-gun posts, for the front of dugouts and for protection of communication lines above the ground.
GC 5 Our Sergeant plays Father Xmas for Bill the Ration Scoffer         BULLY BEEF
GC 6 “The same to you, and many of them!”         This card appears to be an homage (or perhaps rebuttal) to  the Bairnsfather card “My Dream For Years To Come”
GC 7 “I don’t want it myself : and besides, it makes a fine Xmas gift for my country!”         German POWs were asked their names and rank, in accordance with the 1907 Hague Convention, Article 9, which states, 'Every prisoner of war is bound to give, if he is questioned on the subject, his true name and rank.' The first attempt to make rules for the treatment of Prisoners of War was formulated in the Hague Peace Conference of 1899, this was further refined by the Hague Convention of 1907. Unfortunately, these humanitarian ideals were not always put into practice during World War I, possibly partly due to the huge numbers of men involved.
GC 8 “I feel like Father Christmas without the wiskers!”         Leather Jerkin Leather Jerkins were issued to British soldiers from late in 1916. The winter of 1916 was particularly harsh, and the army scrambled to provide them with warm wear while exposed in the trenches.
UL 9 “With my best compliments!” “The compliments of the season!”         WW1 Hand Grenade (Mills Bomb) William Mills, a hand grenade designer from Sunderland, patented, developed and manufactured the "Mills bomb" at the Mills Munition Factory in Birmingham, England, in 1915.
UL 10 “I feel that I am a nice present about to get soon!”         The Mills bomb was adopted by the British Army as its standard hand grenade in 1915, and designated as the No. 5. The term "Mills Bomb" was first coined early in WWI, as grenadiers were referred to as "bombers". The term was confusing and soon "grenade" was officially applied. During WW1 Britain was producing up to half a million hand grenades each week (with an average of 250,000). Over 75 million Mills grenades were manufactured between April 1915 and late 1918.

                   

 

 

 

 

Greetings Cards Cards	Banners	Savigny
		Long (A)	Long (B)	Short (A)	Short (B)
« Merry Christmas ! here’s looking at you !	GREETINGS	1
« Here’s looking at you ! »	GREETINGS		1
« Merry Christmas ! here’s looking at you !	Happy New Year			1
« Merry Christmas ! here’s looking at you ¡	Happy New Year				1
« A merry Christmas ! Everything’s as right as rain ! »	A HAPPY New Year	2
« Good morning ! Everything’s as right as rain ! »	Compliments from France		2
« A merry Christmas ! Everything’s as right as rain ! »	To wish You a very happy Christmas			2
« A merry ! Everything’s as right as rain ! »	To wish You a very happy Christmas				2
« Remember the day, Bill : Let’s make these look a bit cheerful ! »	Happy New Year	3
« Remember the day, Bill : Let’s make these look a bit cheerful ! »	Good Wishes		3
« Remember the day, Bill : Let’s make these look a bit cheerful ! »	GREETINGS			3
« Remember the day, Bill : Let’s make these look a bit cheerful ! »	GREETINGS From “somewhere” in France				3
« Ten to one it’s over by next Christmas anyway ! »	Greetings	4
Don’t worry ¡ We’re winning	GREETINGS		4
Our Sergeant plays Father Xmas for Bill the Ration Scoffer	A HAPPY NEW YEAR	5
Our Sergeant plays Father Xmas for Bill the Ration Scoffer	BEST THANKS		5
Our Sergeant plays Father Xmas for Bill the Ration Scoffer	Greetings			4	4
« The same to you, and many of them !	HAPPY NEW YEAR	6
« The same to you, and many of them !	SWEET REMEMBRANCE from France		6
The same to you, and many of them !	HAPPY CHRISTMAS			5
« The same to you, and many of them !	HAPPY CHRISTMAS				5
« I don’t want it myself : and besides, it makes a fine Xmas gift for my country ! »	A Merry Xmas	7
« I don’t want it myself : and besides, it makes a fine gift for my country ! »	Sweet Remembrance from France		7
« I don’t want it myself : and besides, it makes a fine Xmas gift for my country ! »	A Merry Xmas			6
« I don’t want it myself : and besides, it makes a fine Xmas gift for my country ! »	A Merry Xmas  From “Somewhere” in France				6
« I feel like Father Christmas without the wiskers ! »	Greetings	8
« I feel like Father Christmas wi hout the wiskers ! »	Greetings		8
« I feel like Father Christmas wi hout the wiskers ! »	Greetings			7
« I feel like Father Christmas without the wiskers ! »	Greetings  From somewhere in France				7
« Good morning ! The compliments of the season ! »	Greetings	9
« Good morning ! With my best compliments ! »	Greetings  From somewhere in France		9
« Merry Christmas ! The compliments of the season ! »	ALL GOOD WISHES			8
« Good morning ! The compliments of the season ! »	ALL GOOD WISHES  From somewhere in France				8
« I feel that, I am a nice present to get soon ! »	GREETINGS	10
« I feel that I am a nice present to get soon ! »	GREETINGS from France		10
Card Thickness (inches)		.0140”	.0140”	.0125”	.0125”
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Imp. G. Savigny, Paris. – P.G. – Visa Paris 713		Center	Center
Paris. – Imp. G. Savigny, 80, rue de Cléry.				Center	Center