Patriotic Mother with Star Banner
Here is an image from a postcard I have. The illustration looks a lot like Norman Rockwell, but the signature on the card appears to be Charles A. Maclelitan. The image on the postcard is supposed to be a reprint from the cover of Successful Farming magazine April 1918 issue. The card also indicates that this magazine was published in Des Moines, Iowa.
The banner with the single star was a sign that the house had a son in the military. In this case, there are two stars. The illustration shows framed pictures of a soldier and a sailor.
The star banner was printed as a seal, so that it could be affixed to letters from parents of military men. Here is an image of a booklet in which these seals were sold. The seal that appears on this front cover of the booklet is an actual seal, not an illustration.
All in all, a nice patriotic image from the WW I era.
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