Christmas Card from Philip Alick Lavers sent to his father, his eldest son.

My grandfather, Philip Alick Lavers was serving in France with a South African seige battery when he sent this Christmas Card to my father, his eldest son in a family of five children. I feel that it illustrates the great emotions of those days. Lieutenant-General Smuts words were so very inspirational and of great motivational importance at that time, to an army which was spending it's fourth Christmas in the trenches.

Editor's Comment:
Christmas Card: 'A Greeting | Xmas 1917-18'. Capbadge of the South African Heavy Artillery to top, with arms of the four provinces of Union of South Africa to corners, arms of the Union of South Africa to centre, flanked by Lillies.

我的祖父菲利普·阿利克·莱弗斯当时正随南非攻城炮兵连在法国服役，他将这张圣诞贺卡寄给了我的父亲——他五个孩子中的长子。我认为这张贺卡生动展现了那个年代的强烈情感。史末资中将的话语在当时极具感召力与激励意义，对于一支正迎来战壕中第四个圣诞节的军队而言尤为珍贵。

编辑评论：
圣诞贺卡：‘节日问候 | 1917-18年圣诞’。顶部饰有南非重型炮兵部队帽徽，四角为南非联邦四省的纹章，中央是南非联邦纹章，两侧以百合环绕。