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 Dominion and Empire Forces lists 106 cards. The cards listed below are additional cards discovered since the book was published. The latest additions are shown in RED.

The majority of cards available for the Australian Forces are general in nature and based on the Rising Sun General Service Badge. Embroidered silk postcards for a few individual units are available, such as the Artillery and Medical Corps, and these are very rare.

The Canadian Forces had many embroidered silk postcards based on their Maple Leaf Badge. During the First World War, Canada had about 260 named or numbered Regiments and Battalions. Cards are also known for about 10% of these units.

Cards for the New Zealand forces tend to be based on the Fern Leaf that constituted their General Service Badge. Most of them are general in design and rare.

Embroidered silk postcards for the South African Forces are based on the Antelope Head of their General Service Badge. A few cards refer to them as the 1st South African Infantry; this is not quite true as they were just the South African Infantry. So, the 2nd South African Infantry did not exist. All the cards are very rare.

Images of a representative selection of cards are shown beneath the listings.

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AUSTRALIAN ARMED FORCES

The 5th Pioneer Battalion FROM 5TH PIONEER BATTALION FRANCE  KEEP SMILING

(Wrongly listed in the book as a Canadian Battalion)

Australian Flying Corps (AFC Badge only)

General Units ACMF

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH   AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH  MF

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCE   HAPPY CHRISTMAS

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES   ACMF

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES   ADVANCE AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES   AUSTRALIA FOR EVER

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES   EVER TRUE TO YOU

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES   GREETINGS FROM FRANCE 1914 1915

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES   FROM A LOVING HEART

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES   HOW I MISS YOU

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES   SOUVENIR FROM FRANCE TO AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES   TO MY DARLING

AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES   TO MY DEAR GIRL

AUSTRALIA COMMONWELTH (sic) MILITARY FORCES

CANADIAN ARMED FORCES

General Titles CANADA  A KISS FROM BELGIUM

CANADA  CEF

CANADA  GREETINGS

CANADA  MAPLE LEAF FOR EVER

SOUVENIR OF CANADA  MAPLE LEAF FOR EVER  GOD SAVE THE KING  VIVE LA FRANCE

TO CANADA’S GLORY

Canadian Army Battalions 4 OVERSEAS DIV'N AMMUNITION COL'M  CANADA

8 CANADIAN RT FRANCE (Railway Troops)

13 MOUNTED RIFLES CANADA (printed badge)  RESPONDING TO THE CALL

16 (printed badge)  CANADA FOR EVER

86 CANADA OVERSEAS MACHINE GUN BATTALION (printed badge) CANADA FOR EVER

86 CANADA OVERSEAS MACHINE GUN BATTALION (printed badge) RESPONDING TO THE CALL

92 CANADA OVERSEAS (printed badge)  CANADA FOR EVER

94 CANADA NEW ONTARIO OVERSEAS BATTALION (printed badge) CANADA FOR EVER

95 CANADA OVERSEAS (printed badge)  MAPLE LEAF FOR EVER

  96 CANADIAN HIGHLAND BATTALION (printed badge)  RESPONDING TO THE CALL

104 OVERSEAS BATTALION CANADA (printed badge)  CANADA

108 OVERSEAS BATTALION   SELKIRK MANITOBA   CANADA

137 CALGARY  CANADA

144  3 HOSTI ACIE NOMINATE

FIRST MOUNTED RIFLES  CANADA MANITOBA SASKATCHEWAN

WESTERN CANADA (printed badge) MAPLE LEAF FOR EVER

Canadian Cavalry Regiments ROYAL CANADIAN DRAGOONS (printed badge)  CANADA FOR EVER

Canadian Engineer Corps CANADIAN ENGINEERS (printed badge)  MAPLE LEAF FOR EVER

CANADA (printed badge)  RESPONDING TO THE CALL

Canadian Field Artillery CFA  CANADA

Canadian Machine Gun Corps CANADIAN MACHINE GUN CORPS  CANADA

Canadian Machine Gun Division CANADA

Canadian Army Medical Corps CAMC

CANADA   CAMC  1915 JE ME SOUVIENS

ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS  CANADIAN ACTIVE SERVICE FORCE

Canadian Army Service Corps CANADA   CASC   JE ME SOUVIENS

CSC CANADA (printed badge)  CANADA FOR EVER

Canadian Signal Corps CSC (printed badge)  CANADA FOR EVER

NEW ZEALAND ARMED FORCES

General Units NEW ZEALAND FOR EVER  KIA ORA

NEW ZEALAND  KIA ORA

NZ

NZ  NZ

 Infantry Regiments (The 9th Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles badge with IX and motto KIA TOA)

SOUTH AFRICAN ARMED FORCES

General WELL DONE SOUTH AFRICA

Infantry 1 INF  SOUTH AFRICA  ZUID AFRICA  UNION IS STRENGTH/EETRACHT MAAKT MAGHT

SOUTH AFRICA UNION IS STRENGTH/EETRACHT MAAKT MAGHT

SOUTH AFRICA INFTY   FRANCE 1917   UNION IS STRENGTH

UNION IS STRENGTH

ZAI   UNION IS STRENGTH

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