The jigsaw – made by Waddington’s – shows one of the Scotland Pavilions (there were two of these sited opposite each other on Scottish Avenue,) the Tower of Empire, United Kingdom Pavilion and the Canadian Pavilion plus a troop of charging horse.

The box this one came in was a bit tatty but still striking with the lion rampant logo and Tower of Empire.

There is another Waddington’s jigsaw of the Exhibition featuring a closer view of the Tower of Empire with aeroplanes in the sky overhead and this time with a marching band of bagpipers approaching the foreground. I have that in a cupboard somewhere.

Another black and white photographic postcard of the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, 1938. The United Kingdom Pavilion.

Another artist drawn postcard of the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, 1938. This time the United Kingdom Pavilion building.

The artist who drew the paintings featured on these postcards, issued by the manufacturer Valentine’s, was called Brian Gerald. A list of all the cards he painted can be found here.