GERMAN POSTAL HISTORY

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FELDPOST - FIELD POST
"SOLDATENBLÄTTER FÜR FEIER UND FREIZEIT"
"SOLDIER'S SHEETS FOR CELEBRATIONS AND LEISURE"
OCT 1941

In Apr 1940 a series of booklets titled "Soldatenblätter für feier und Freizeit" - "Soldier's sheets for celebrations and leisure" was published by the OKW (OberKommando der Wehrmacht), or Armed Forces High Command. The booklets were printed every month from Apr 1940 until Nov/Dec 1944.

1941 - October Issue Postcards

The tenth issue of the 1941 series of the magazine featured two postcards attached to the rear cover of the booklet. Postcard 1 features a German motorcycle rider leading a column of trucks, and Postcard 2 features German engineers constructing a bridge.

POSTCARD 1

ARTIST: G. Kretzschmar.
TYPE: B.
DESCRIPTION: "Motorcycle rider ahead of a column of trucks"

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POSTCARD 2

ARTIST: G. Kretzschmar.
TYPE: B.
DESCRIPTION: "German engineers constuct a bridge"

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