Postcard arrives after 95 years
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A postcard sent home by a Bosnian soldier in World War I has finally reached his family after 95 years, thanks to an American antique collector, who delivered it personally to the man's grandson after buying it at a fair in Long Beach, California.
"Oh my God," was all Nadir Bicakcic could say when he recognised the face on the card.
During a visit to Sarajevo, collector Nihad Eric Dzinovic accidentally met Bicakcic, who was looking around a local antique shop in downtown Sarajevo, and the name rang a bell.
The next day he found the 48-year-old dentist and pulled out a postcard he had recently bought at a Long Beach antique show.
The card was signed by "Edhem" and dated June 13, 1915.
"I'm sending you a photo with me on it," the text read.
The card had been made from a black-and-white photo showing a small group of soldiers sitting in front of a pile of army boots.
- AP
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