Original 1921 West Point Corps of Cadets Christmas Card w Original Envelope

Description

Item Description:
"Greetings from the Corps of Cadets, USMA, Christmas 1921."
West Point Christmas card with full page color lithographic illustration, "All's Fair in Love and War" - Charming Christmas card with a full page color illustration of a cadet in winter coat placing mistletoe in cannon above the head of his date as she fastens her skis.  With four embossed USMA stamps with the dates of the respective four classes -  1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 -  across the bottom of the card.  The front of the card features the greeting within a stamped shield, with a black and white illustration of the Cadet Monument, which was presented to the Academy in 1919 by cadets of the L'Ecole Polytechnique School (France) as a tribute to the French Cadets who took part in the defense of France.  Signed on the verso by Wendell Blanchard, born 1902, graduated from West Point in 1924, served as a Colonel in World War II and buried in Arlington national Cemetery in 1977.  Card is large and measures 8" wide and 10" tall.  With the original decorative envelope, addressed to Miss Hazel Cameron, 256 Stevens Street, Lowell, Mass, with 2 one cent stamps.  (Colonel Blanchard did not marry Miss Cameron).   Envelope slightly rubbed and has a few short tears at edges.  Christmas card vey bright and fresh, with original glassine tissue guard for illustration intact.  Very good condition. Great example of a nearly 100-year piece of West Point history.  No reserve.  Good luck.
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