Original WWI Photo French Nurses and Wounded - 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 Inches on Card

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Being a WWI collector, primarily medical theme; I lived in France for several years and  found many interesting WWI era pieces both medical and general military.
This is a  very original WWI photo mounted on original thick card.  It shows two wounded soldiers standing behind 2 seated nurses.
Both soldiers appear to be wearing armbands with the letter "V"... not sure what that means...... but since they appear to be recuperating well... perhaps this gives them some sort of added privilege??? I will let the experts explain it to me.  The soldier on the left appears to be wearing a " croix de guerre". The French nurse on the left has an "A.D."  above her red cross on her upper left... I believe that the AD stands of ADFF... meaning " Association des Femmes Francaises de Secours ". These are qualified nurses and perhaps well to do, each wearing a wristwatch which was not exceedingly common during this time.
I really like this photo but I need to reduce my collection. Will take me a few years to do!
The photo itself measures  approx 6 3/4 x  4 1/2 inches. The backing card measures approx. 5 x 7.
This is the real thing and NOT a repro. Nice piece of WWI history..
I will be listing other cards and photos... and I do combine shipping.
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I will probably send this on a small stiff piece of cardboard in a padded envelope... hopefully the post office will not consider this a package since they sometimes try to do that is an envelope is rigid.  When the post office feels that the "letter" is actually a "package" ... because it is 1/4 of an inch thick.. the cost jumps to
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4 bucks!! Was never like that just a few years ago!
For now, I will just say 4 bucks to ship and will  also try to see if I can safely fit in a letter and perhaps send for a couple dollars.... but  best not to do so... also if send as a package... then it is not only safer but tracked.  As a collector, I do not like the idea of sending 100 year old collectibles in an untracked flimsy envelope!!  I do combine shipping and usually  sending one card is the same shipping cost as sending, for example 4-5 cards.
Please, once again , await invoice or I may cancel your win.
Key words: WWI WW1 Great War French France poilu soldier army wounded red cross   pc postcard allies  red cross  ambulance medical medic  stretcher