Side by side, two medallion portraits tell a story of beauty shattered and stubbornly remembered: on the left, the ravaged, shell-blasted face of Reims Cathedral's famous Ange au Sourire — the Smiling Angel — as it looked after German artillery reduced it to a disfigured stump during the First World War; on the right, a pristine profile cast from the 1914 mould, preserving the serene, almost otherworldly smile that had greeted pilgrims since the 13th century. The angel, perched on the central portal of one of France's greatest Gothic cathedrals, became an international symbol of cultural loss during the war — and a powerful propaganda image for the Allied cause. This card was published by the Société des Amis de la Cathédrale de Reims, headquartered at 10 Rue Coëtlogon, Paris, as part of Collection Antony-Thouret No. 1, a fundraising and awareness series produced after the cathedral was first bombarded in September 1914. The divided back is unused, "Made in France" is printed in the stamp box, and the card stock is a heavy, high-quality cream — consistent with post-1914 French patriotic publishing.