这些明亮的明信片，由法国家庭和士兵在第一次世界大战期间发送，是一组类似的卡片。因为在冲突期间发送明信片是无邮资的，这些卡片是大批量生产的，并且种类繁多。图像提供安慰，敦促坚定的决心。
Historian William A. Christian writes that many French wartime postcards borrowed from a religious visual language established before the war. Imagery in the Catholic press, Christian says, often depicted religious visions appearing in everyday life. The postcards tapped these previously established conventions, often featuring a scene of war at the top of the frame, while the scene of home occupied the bottom.
