Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

‘Belgian Relief Funds 1915 Official Souvenir’ (Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)) NPG x196912

National Portrait Gallery, London

issued by Joseph Clarkson, after Lafayette

Eldest son of George V and Queen Mary. Prince Edward was commissioned into the Guards in 1914, but as heir to the throne his request for active service was denied. He spent the war abroad, visiting troops. During the 1920s and 1930s, his concern for unemployment and successful tours throughout the Empire made him a popular figure. He was King Edward VIII from January to December 1936, but abdicated following insoluble constitutional problems raised by his proposed marriage to the American socialite and… more

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Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.