The card reads "A Merry Christmas" in gold lettering framed by purple flowers and evergreen sprigs, with two horseshoes below enclosing a man's and a woman's clasped hands. The horseshoe and clasped-hands motifs were popular tokens of good luck and friendship on early twentieth-century holiday postcards. The silver background and embossed floral decoration are typical of the era's greeting-card style.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
to Buddy
from Helen.
Addressed to
No address detected
Postcard record
Condition
Very good
Notes
Embossed floral and horseshoe accents; silver background; cream border; light edge and corner wear.
No postmark. Divided-back embossed greeting card, "Printed in Germany" imprint, c. 1907-1915. Light edge wear; address lines unused.
Cite this card
A Merry Christmas postcard with horseshoes and clasped hands, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/a-merry-christmas-postcard-with-horseshoes-and-clasped-hands. Accessed October 24, 2026.
