A small selection of unused postcards showing cartoon caricatures by (presumably) a Portuguese artist signing himself ZÉ (short for José, perhaps) entitled Ornithology of the Great War and published in 1937 by the Portuguese League of Combatants of the Great War.
The League of Combatants (Portuguese: Liga dos Combatentes), originally established as the League of Combatants of the Great War (Portuguese: Liga dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra), is a Portuguese ex-service organisation established following the First World War. A private institution with public utility status, it is answerable to the Ministry of National Defence.
The League was established due to the unjust treatment of Great War veterans, especially those who had suffered lasting injuries. The founders of the League believed that, after having fulfilled their duty and oath to spill their blood for the homeland, the veterans had been abandoned by the government then in power, causing serious damage to the patriotism, discipline and morals of the Portuguese people.
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