GERMAN POSTAL HISTORY
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FELDPOST - FIELD POST
"SOLDATENBLÄTTER FÜR FEIER UND FREIZEIT"
"SOLDIER'S SHEETS FOR CELEBRATIONS AND LEISURE"
MAR 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 - Mar Issue Postcards
The third issue of the 1942 series of the magazine featured four postcards attached to the rear cover of the booklet. Postcard 1 features a submarine alongside a supply ship, Postcard 2 features a German Submarine at sea, Postcard 3 features the inscription Geleitzug and Postcard 4 features a farmer plouginh his field.
POSTCARD 1
1. ARTIST: Wolf StrobelType: II
DESCRIPTION: Submarine alongside a supply ship
1. The example below was cancelled on 8th Nov 1942 at an unknown Feldpost Station.
2. The following postally used Feldpost card was sent from Feldpost Station 19780, assigned to Stab Nahaufklarungs-Gruppe 2 on 4th May 1942, with a destination address in OBERDONAU in the OSTMARK.
POSTCARD 2
2. ARTIST: Wolf StrobelType: II
DESCRIPTION: German Submarine at sea
POSTCARD 3
3. ARTIST: Max ZschochType: II
DESCRIPTION: "Geleitzug" - "Convoy"
POSTCARD 4
4. ARTIST: Heinz KießlingType: II
DESCRIPTION: Image bar farmer ploughing his field
2. The postally used example below waas sent from EßLINGEN on 25th Jul 1943
3. The card below was not a Feldpost usage, it was sent from a Doctor Baltisberger in BODMAN on 5th Nov 1944 to a family member. The card reads:
Dear Ilse!
It's almost 3 p.m. I hope you arrived safely in Alpirsbach and that you'll be able to come home today.
I wanted to write to you about the heating. As long as the sun shines during the day, as it has been today and the last few days, and it's warm, you shouldn't light the large stove yet, especially since there's no one in the house who knows how to operate it properly. You've probably never dealt with it in detail.
I would also like to ask you to send me booklet number 1, the one about the shirt and the bleaching soda, from the typewriter books I gave you some time ago, which are on the chest of drawers in the bedroom.
Otherwise, I have nothing to tell you at the moment. I'm going for a walk this afternoon to Liggeringen, which is located on the ridge above, or rather, a little further on. If there's anything you don't know, please let me know. Please try not to bother Mom right now. Warm regards.
REFERENCES
1. Germanstamps.net Feldpost Number Database
