Everytime I read the news about this terrible civil war ongoing in Syria, I also think of this old French postcard showing dynamic rugby action under the minarets of Damascus...
No idea of the exact date, but early 20s when Damascus was under French ruling... (cf Wikipedia: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon)
The back of the card explains that this is a rugby game played by French Army vs British Forces in Palestine (cf Wikipedia: British Mandate for Palestine)... and 19-14 victory for the Frogs !
The card was written by "Fernand", the soldier/rugby player who wrote to his family how he made the decisive pass to the French winger scoring the winning try on this postcard!
I just love when rugby memorabilia also recalls the real people behind the stories...
And, hoping for miracles..., I'd like to identify the army troops playing rugby here and possibly find evidences (newspaper, archives...) of this match somewhere: any hint welcome!
