Last year I was looking in my parents garage and came across a box with old envelopes. They had my grandfather's name on them as the recipient. This was especially surprising because we built my parents in 2002 and my grandfather had passed away in 1991.
It turns out these were a series of envelopes (no letters inside) where my great-uncle (Joseph MacDonald) had written once a week to my grandfather (Thomas McDonald) while my grandfather was in the Army in WWII. My great-uncle was artistic and decorated both the front and the back of each envelope with various cartoons. Some were Nazi propaganda, some were Japanese propaganda, and others were just humorous or notes of support.
I wasn't aware these existed but thought it was an incredible find. I don't do do social media postings in any way, so I preface this by saying these are not intended to offend anyone, any culture, or anyone's heritage. They are simply a find in a garage that is a snapshot from 80 years ago. And surely not something that the post office would expect to see coming through the mail today. Please enjoy them for what they were back in 1942, a brother at home using his artistic skill to send support and morale to his brother in the Army.
PS. I have done google searches, but have been unable to find any information about the patch that was in with the envelopes. It looks similar to a Sea Bee patch but its a telescope and not a machine gum. If anyone recognizes it, I'd be grateful for any information in the comments section of the post.
