Organisations
An Illustrated History of the Embroidered Silk Postcards is the standard reference book on embroidered silk postcards. It contains references to over 2600 different cards with over 270 illustrations. The page on Independent Organisations lists 21 cards. The cards listed below are additional cards discovered since the book was published. The latest additions are shown in RED.
This section covers embroidered silk postcards made for independent organisations, companies, societies and charities, some of which are still well known while others are hardly remembered today. Most of the cards come from the period 1905 to 1920 and all of them are very rare.
Images of a representative selection of cards are shown beneath the listings.
Information and images on this site are © Ian Collins 2021.
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The British Red Cross Society BRITISH RED CROSS
The British Small Arms Company BSA
The Communist Party (Hammer and sickle with rising sun, inside wreath of wheat)
AMITIE (Hammer and sickle with wheat)
The Daughters of Liberty D of L
The Degree of Pocahontas D of P
The Fraternal Order of Eagles F O E
The Grand Army of the Republic GAR
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows I.O.O.F FLT (Friendship, Love, Truth)
The Knight's Templar Masonic Order (Badge with motto: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES)
The Munition Workers ON WAR SERVICE
ON WAR SERVICE 1914
The Order of the Eastern Star O E S F A T A L (meaning only disclosed to members of the Order)
The Order of United American Mechanics (Badge only)
The Patriotic Order, Sons of America P.O.S. of A.
The Saint John's Ambulance Brigade S.J.A.B.
The Scottish Red Cross Society SCOTTISH RED CROSS SRC
The Scouting Association BE PREPARED
BE PREPARED GREAT JAMBOREE 1929 FROM BIRKENHEAD
The Singer Sewing Machine Company EMBROIDERED ON THE NEW HIGH ARM SINGER
The Young Men's Christian Association YMCA
YMCA FOR GOD FOR KING & FOR COUNTRY
YMCA SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
The British Small Arms Company
The Communist Party
The Daughter's of Liberty
The Degree of Pocahontas
The Fraternal Order of Eagles
The Freemasons
The Grand Army of the Republic
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows
The Knight's Templar
The Admiralty Munitions Workers Badge
The Women's Munition Workers Badge
The Order of the Eastern Star
The Order of United American Mechanics
Patriotic Order, Sons of America
The Scottish Red Cross
The Scouting Association
The Singer Sewing Machine Company
The Soldier's Christian Association
The St. John's Ambulance Brigade
WG Tarrant (Manufacturer of wooden huts for the army in WW1)
