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Best Wishes to You in the Service
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Holiday card with a military theme. The card has a red, white, blue and embossed border. In the center is a "V" made of a red, white and blue ribbon on the left, that is secured by two die cut slits, and blue ink with three white embossed stars on the right. Above is a silhouette of a plane, at the bottom is a battleship, and to the left a tank. On the left is the text "Best Wishes" and on the right "to You in the Service." Offset lithography, die cut and embossed.
1942
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