4.1917 K.u.K Marinefeldpost from S.M.B 14

 4.1917 K.u.K Marinefeldpost mailed from S.M.B 14 in Dubrovnik to Jelsa on island Hvar, Croatia. Photograph of a Dubrovnik was used as a card, mailed from civilian post office Gruž/Gravosa nowdays main sea port of Dubrovnik. Ships cancel: K.u.K Kriegsmarine  S.M.B 14 is in red (S.M.B - Seiner Majestät Boot- His majesty boat). Date in postal cancel is barely visible but text in Croatian has an Easter greeting.  Easter in 1917 was on Sunday 08.04.1917. As SMB 14 was towing an damaged seaplane to Kumbor in Boka Kotorska from 01-03.04.1917 this card is probably from that period.

3.1943 - 7.SS division Prinz Eugen to Berlin

 12.03.1943 feldpost card mailed from Fp.44516 A used by  Stab, Pionier Bataillon SS-Freiwilligen Gebirgs Division 'Prinz Eugen' to Berlin. Division at the time was fighting in the late stages of operation(fall) Weiss 2, advancing from western Bosnia to Mostar area in Herzegovina.

7.1943 Domobranska središnja škola to Bitterfeld, Reich

 05.07.1943 registered expres letter from a member of 5.sat Dom(obranska) sred(išnja) škola in Varaždin to Lager Maria in Bitterfield in the Reich. Domobranska središnja škola(Army central school) trained reserve officers. Lager Maria held foreign workers recipient of this letter was probably one of them.

Letter has nice postal manipulation cancels: Varaždin postal cancels, Lager Maria arrival cancel and German censorship label with cancels. 

Total 23kuna postage was paid: letter to Germany 4 kuna, Registration 9 kuna and Express delivery 10 kuna.

02.1918 - K.u.K Marinefeldpost mail from SMS Prinz Eugen

 21.02.1918 official registered K.u.K Marinefeldpost mail sent from SMS Prinz Eugen to k.u.k Machinenschule in Pola. Ships cancel and Marinefelpost Pola cancels are easily visible, under Registration label are purple cancels Rekommandiert/Portofreie Dienstache meaning Registered/Free of charge official mail.

There were 2 versions of K.u.k Marinefeldpost Pola - Registered labels, this is a first version with thin letter R that looks similar to Austrian civilian post labels, the latter version has a thick R letter.

This is an Gegen-Verpflegszettel (Counter-Ration Slip/Form) it is a document used to manage or account for food rations (Verpflegung) when soldiers were separated from their main unit, receiving food from another unit.

05.1944 Luftwaffe official mail to Dubrovnik

 25.05.1944 official letter from Fp. L 12159 or Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur 212/XVII to Erste Kroatische Sparkasse in Dubrovnik. Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur 212/XVII was stationed in Mostar and it operated Mostar military airfields.

8.1943 letter from Dubrovnik to 2.Lovačka brigada(Jager brigade)

 18.08.1943 letter from Dubrovnik to an Pharmacist a member of Medical company of 2. Jager brigade(2.Lovačka brigada) in Bosanska Krupa. In early 1943,  2. and 4. Jager brigades(Lovačka Brigada) were formed,  in August 1943 they were reformed and renamed to 2. and 4. Lovački Zdrug, meaning stayed the same - Jager brigade. In February 1943,  2.Jager brigade(2.Lovačka brigada) was formed under German 714. Infantry division, stationed in Bosanska Krupa and used for anti-partisan warfare .

 Letter was franked with a stamp valued 3,5+1,5 kn from Croatian Legion Charity issue, this issue had mandatory use from 16.07 to 31.08.1943. This stamp pictures soldiers of 369.Croatian Infantry Regiment fighting at the Stalingrad front.

1915 - K.u.K Christmas War poster in Croatian

 1915 - Christmas war poster, size 33x25cm ,printed in Croatian. "BOŽIĆ NA RATIŠTU" means "Christmas at the battlefield". Poster states than in any shop you can buy 1, 2  or 10 filir Christmas revenue stamps and for the same amount Cigars or Cigarettes will be sent to "our heros at the front for Christmas". Revenue stamp is reproduced on the left side of the poster. An rare item, although not a feldpost card.

Merry Christmas 2025 to the readers of my blog. 

4.1915 KuK feldpost from Prague to Čakovec

 05.04.1915 K.U.K feldpost card mailed from Bubna Railway station in Prague  to Csaktoryna (Čakovec) in Međimurje, Croatia. Posted via civilian mail free of charge as feldpost. Sender and recipient have same German surname but cards text is written in Hungarian. As Međimurje and Čakovec were at the time in Hungarian kingdom it's Croatian population served in Hungarian regiments  I found  feldpost written to Međimurje to be very rare.

2.1943 - Kroat.Infanterie Ersatz Regiment 369 to Zagreb

 06.02.1943 feldpost letter with contents, mailed  from Fp.41700 S to Zagreb.  Fp. number 41700 S was used by 15.company, III.battalion of  Kroat.Infanterie Ersatz Regiment 369 stationed in Stockerau in Austria. Text is in Croatian, German censorship marks are present on the cover and on the text. 

5.1944 - II. doknadna opkoparska bojna to Dubrovnik

26.05.1944 official letter from 2.sat, II. doknadne obkoparske bojne (2.company of 2. Pioneer Replacement  Battalion) in Brčko mailed to Kotarska oblast in Dubrovnik. Kotarska oblast was a form of local government. Correctly franked letter with official stamp of 3,50 kuna value.
 

10.1916 K.u.K 13.Sapper battalion feldpost

 

05.10.1916 Feldpostkarte mailed by a member of 3.company of 13.Sappeur battalion via Fp.44 used by 36.Inf.division to a member of 4.company of 13.Sappeur batallion at  Fp.303 used by 1. Inf.division.  13.Sappeur battalion was based in Zagreb same as 36.Inf.div. and both units were mostly Croatian.  Different companies of 13.Sappeur battalion were dispersed with many different units. At this time 3.company is on Russia front in Galicia with 36.Inf.division while 4.company is with 1.Inf division on Italian front. Text is written in Croatian.

2.1943 SS.feldpost from 'Fürsorge SS-Führer Kroatien'

 05.02.1943 SS-feldpost  letter to Graz in  Steiermark (today Austria) from Fp. 03161 - Fürsorge SS-Führer Kroatien, SS-Poststelle Esseg und Ersatz-Kommando Südost der Waffen-SS Nebenstelle Esseg. After Fp.number there is no additional letter hence this number was used by the first unit listed "Fürsorge SS-Führer Kroatien". Fürsorge means welfare in English, but what was exact units duty I'm not sure.

1.1942 Ustasha army - Railway security battalion in Bosnia

 30.01.1942 Extremly Rare letter from Zagreb to a member of Željeznička Ustaška Vojnica(ŽUV), 1st.company in Maglaj, Bosnia. At that time Željeznička vojnica had only one battalion. On the cover ŽUV is misspelled as ZVV but I have another cover mailed to the same person in ŽUV that I published here - Ustasa Railway security militia