On the back of the card is hand written in pencil: 'With best love from Alf XXX.'
The main design of this silk postcard is the Red Ensign (flag of the British Merchant Navy) on a flag pole surrounded by ivy. The embossed card frame includes what appears to be a thistle with four horseshoes one in each corner of the frame (the same frame is seen on TRC 2015.0431). The embroidered text reads: 'Like the ivy I cling to thee.' On the back of the card is printed: 'H.S. - Modèle déposé'.