GERMAN POSTAL HISTORY
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FELDPOST - FIELD POST
"SOLDATENBLÄTTER FÜR FEIER UND FREIZEIT"
"SOLDIER'S SHEETS FOR CELEBRATIONS AND LEISURE"
FEB 1942
In April 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.
1942 - Feb Issue Postcards
The second issue of the 1942 series of the magazine featured two postcards attached to the rear cover of the booklet. Postcard 1 features Destroyed Russian tank in front of a Russian village and Postcard 2 features a German Fieseler Storch reconnaissance aircraft flying low over a Russian village
POSTCARD 1
1. ARTIST: Fritz BraunerType: II
DESCRIPTION: Destroyed Russian tank in front of a Russian village
2. The following FELDPOST card was cancelled on 7th Jul 1943, however the originating feldpost station number is not clear, but the destination was an address in BREMEN.
POSTCARD 2
2. ARTIST: Fritz BraunerType: II
DESCRIPTION: German Fieseler Storch reconnaissance aircraft flying low over a Russian village
2. The FELDPOST cancellation below was applied on 15th Oct 1942 at a LUFTWAFFE feldpost station L34752, at that time assigned to Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur (E) 28/XII [1]
Airfield Command A 208/XII was established in Tours, France, in October 1942 from Airfield Command E 10/XVII. On April 1, 1944, the command was renamed Airfield Command E (v) 217/XII. [2]
REFERENCES
1. Germanstamps.net Feldpost Number Database
