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‘A right loyal greeting’

This card, sent from New Zealand in 1916 during the First World War, expresses loyalty to the British flag, the Union Jack.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-Christmas-1916-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Terry Hearn, English – Popular culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/2030/a-right-loyal-greeting (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Terry Hearn, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.

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23 August 2010

wow@!