1910s Damascus's Marjeh Square and the Telegraph Column Vintage Postcard Reprint Color:Black a World Cup the nation

a World Cup the nation earned a place in but never had the opportunity to attend

it commemorates Syria’s historic qualification for the 1950 tournament

• Self-fabric neck tape (inside

Many of the buildings in the background were burned down during the French bombardment of Damascus on May 25 1945

1910s Damascus's Marjeh Square and the Telegraph Column Vintage Postcard Reprint Color:Black a World Cup the nationThis is a vintage postcard reprint of Marjeh Square ( ), one of the main squares in Damascus, circa 1910. The newly built Telegraph Column ( , , ) is commissioned by Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II and built by Italian architect Raimondo D'Aronco in 1904 5 to commemorate the completion of a telegraph line between Damascus and Mecca. At the top of the column sits a bronze replica of Yildz Mosque ( ) in Istanbul. You can see a camel caravan marching