Vintage German Valentine Girl with Heart Die-Cut Card
Text on Card
Valentine Greetings
Description
Against a warm peachy background, this charming Edwardian-era Valentine greeting card features an adorable die-cut girl figure with expressive blue eyes and a surprised or startled expression, clutching a large red heart close to her chest. The character wears an elaborate costume with a pale green dress decorated with red hearts, a white lace collar, and a straw hat adorned with a blue ribbon and a perched insect (likely a dragonfly or bee) on top. Her brown ringlet curls frame a youthful, animated face rendered in soft chromolithograph colors that capture the romantic sentimentality of early 1900s Valentine traditions. The card displays the classic greeting text 'Valentine Greetings' in elegant script typography, with a small 'H.B' mark and 'MADE IN GERMANY' notation indicating Germanic manufacture.
Subjects
girl, heart, bee or insect, romantic costume, die-cut figure
Printing Notes
Die-cut figure with chromolithographic color printing. Made in Germany, marked with H.B publisher initials.
