From Andrei Sheptysky, Balagnska

From Andrei Sheptysky, Balagnska

Description

Front: Message in black ink written at top of page. Red hand stamp on right side of page. Writing in large blue crayon across middle of page, and pencil writing beneath the blue.

Back: Red printed postcard text in Ukranian. Several hand stamps and writing in blue crayon.

Written as a military prisoner, this is the only known military postcard written by Metropolitan Archbishop Andrei Sheptytsky (1865-1944) during World War I.