Charming 19th C. Watercolor Folk Out Envelope / Love Token plants samples which is how these cards

which is how these cards operate

and noting that he would be carried on the rolls of the FOE while in military service "during the present war

which someone many years ago painted red with silver star--to my eye just the exactly right painterly treatment for a yoyo

and the construction amazing

Charming 19th C. Watercolor Folk Out Envelope / Love Token plants samples which is how these cardsFound in the same spot as the watercolor of houses I just listed, this one was quite a surprise and delight to find as well. I've been forever hoping to find a very elaborate fold out love token (I've included an image of an extraordinary 18th c. example for reference) and this is the very closest I've come, I believe likely dating to the 1830s or so. It folds up into an envelope, with the point of the flap slipping neatly under the gold cut paper