Joseph, in dark blue and green, holds an older baby Jesus who is wrapped in white. In the background is a vine climbing a trellis, a road, hills, and sunrise. "A Merry Christmas" is printed at the bottom.
In a stable, Mary in red and white holds a naked baby Jesus. Joseph in blue stands behind her. In front of them kneels a shepherd with a crook, dressed in brown. There is a cow next to the people. The card is on a white, gold, and holly background…
The card depicts, in black and white, a stable scene of Joseph and Mary gazing upon the newborn baby Jesus in a manger. Stylistically, it looks as if statues were photographed. The print beneath reads "Wie danken die, Herr Jesu Christ, / daB du ein…