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This French color postcard shows a mother and her children near Paris jeering as French airplanes and German zeppelins fight overhead. The caption reads “Ah la Barbe les Sales Boches” (Beard the Dirty Krauts).
COLOR POSTCARD – FRENCH MOTHER – CHILDREN – GERMAN AIRPLANES – ZEPPELINS
SKU: 42-08$20.00
This French color postcard shows a mother and her children near Paris jeering as French airplanes and German zeppelins fight overhead. The caption reads “Ah la Barbe les Sales Boches” (Beard the Dirty Krauts).
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This French color postcard shows a mother and her children near Paris jeering as French airplanes and German zeppelins fight overhead. The caption reads “Ah la Barbe les Sales Boches” (Beard the Dirty Krauts).
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