April 5, 2024
Vintage framed In Flanders Fields poem Poppies WWI
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Welcome! NO personal checks--PayPal or money orders ONLY due 10 days after auction ends. Shipping by DHL ground service ONLY to any STREET address in the lower 48 states. Vintage framed In Flanders Fields poem Poppies I'm not a collector but I think this is an incredibly beautiful framed vintage copy of the famous World War I poem In Flanders Fields by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae of the Canadian Expedition Forces. I can't find another one like this anyw on the Net. It's about 9.5 inches from top to bottom in a worn gold wood frame and about 7 and ¾ inches from side to side. It's a bit yellowed but the red poppies painted around the top of the poem are still colorful. T is a rectangular image at the bottom that looks like an American flag and a sword. I can't tell if the poppies were painted on this poem or if they were printed on it. Just above the tallest poppy is a circle that may be some kind of discoloration but the more I look at it the more I wonder if it is supposed to be a light image of the sun or moon. I honestly can't tell but to me this vintage item has a lot of character and is a touching reminder of the sacrifices made by armed forces to secure our freedom. This may be the most famous poem ever written about the sacrifices of war written by a military doctor at the battle of Ypres who was overcome with horror and
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