Original issue of Punch magazine 8 Dec 1915 with the very first publication of the iconic poem from WWI of "In Flanders Fields". - John McCrae

[Deanna]

Placed it immediately wthin a Riker's case...will not find this twice. Am blessed to even have this..

[Hendrik]

Congratulations ! Quite the find indeed.

Would you mind sharing the page which has the poem on it ? Being born some 50 kilometres from where it was originally written, I would love to have a picture of that !

 

Regards,

Hendrik

[Deanna]

5 hours ago, Hendrik said:

Congratulations ! Quite the find indeed.

Would you mind sharing the page which has the poem on it ? Being born some 50 kilometres from where it was originally written, I would love to have a picture of that !

 

Regards,

Hendrik

 

You bet Hendrik.. here you go..:

 

 

 

 

[Hendrik]

Great ! Many thanks !!!

 

A few years ago I visited the advanced dressing station where the poem is believed to have been written originally. Here's a couple of pictures you might like :

 

 

Regards,

Hendrik

[Deanna]

Hendrik that photo is awesome! I have never in all these years seen a recent photo, or even a possibly confirmed photo of where McCrae wrote that poem....now I have thanks to you. I appreciate that more than you know....

[Hendrik]

My pleasure !

Came across another one on my computer, possibly taken at the Ypres museum ...

 

 

Regards,

Hendrik

[Deanna]

Nice! You even have a plan view of the building(s). Is this one of your personal collection that you took a photo of for archive purposes or was this something that you just happened to find on the internet by chance..?

[Hendrik]

Hi,

As with all my pictures above, It's a picture I took myself at the time when visiting the Ypres area ... the plan was in one of the museums dedicated to the "Great War", just can't recall which museum it was at.

Regards;

Hendrik