Postcard sent home from a German prisoner of war camp, Kriegsgefangenenlager Göttingen in Göttingen, Hannover, Germany, by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte to his wife in Toronto, Canada. RSM Lewis E. DeHarte was a prisoner of war from 1915-1919. The postcard is cardstock and a yellow-brown colour, with writing in pencil on both sides of the postcard. The front left of the card has RSM DeHarte’s sender information, and the front right of the card has the receiver’s information, being his wife’s information. The postcard is stamped on the front with an ink stamp by the camp’s German Military Postal Examination Office, a Göttingen post office, a London post office, a Canadian National Exhibition place post office, and a Toronto post office, as well as a blue stamp with French text though parts of it are illegible. There is a pink ink stamp on the front that reads: “Kriegsgefangenensendung Geprüft – F.a.” (meaning prisoner of war mail checked). Also printed on the front, in the top centre in green is: “POST CARD”, and below it, also in green, on the left is: “THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE”. Printed on the front, in the top right is a green square frame likely for placing a postage stamp. On the centre bottom is a postage stamp that is red and has an image of King George V in an oval frame with the words “CANADA POSTAGE” above it, the words “TWO CENTS” below it, and the numeral “2” in a white square in the bottom left and right corners of the stamp.

The back of the card is a blank space and is filled in with writing by RSM DeHarte: “20.6.15   My dear wife. – I am still anxiously awaiting word from you. Some of the Boys have received money from Canada I am well & I only hope you and Jin are the same. Love to Bill & all   xxxxxxxxxxxx Lewis”.

NOTE: This and other similar prisoner of war letter postcards by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte are stored in a Ziploc bag with the postcard under the accession number 2009015010.