Hand-painted Christmas card created by Gunner Leslie Charles Marshall, 39 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, and sent to his wife Audrey from North Africa, 1943. It is painted blue on the front, with the Royal Artillery crest and motto in yellow and a Union Jack flag.

The text reads:
‘A thought of the miles we’re apart, yet so near in my heart, greetings from a foreign land my dear, may we meet again this coming year.’

‘A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to my darling wife with all my sweetest love. North Africa 1943. From Les’.

From a collection of 8 service papers and Christmas cards relating to Fus Leslie Charles Marshall, 1940-1946; associated with the Royal Artillery and the Royal Irish Fusiliers.