6.1942 - Kroat.Infanterie Ersatz Bataillon 369. to Zagreb.

 20.06.1942 Feldpost card from Fp.41700H  mailed via Fp.41700A - Stab of  Kroat.Infanterie Ersatz Bataillon 369. in Stockerau, mailed to Zagreb, Croatia. Multiple German censorship marks are present on the card. Text in Croatian is usual soldiers greetings to home.  Ersatz Bataillon 369 trained replacements for 369.Croatian Infantry Regiment fighting in Russia at the time.  Kroat.Infanterie Ersatz Bataillon 369. gradually enlarged and in September 1942 become a Regiment.

2025 Acta Philatelica Nova

 New 'Acta Philatelica Nova 2025' came out last week , my article about Feldpost mailed from Japan by K.u.K. Croatian POWs was published in Acta. Inside are some very interesting philatelic aricles, this is bilingual magazine written in Croatian and English. Acta is the last regularly published Philatelic magazine in Croatia.

You can order it directly  from publisher Marka Nova philatelic shop, email:  berislav.pervan@gmail.com

18.11.1942 parcel card to Ustaška Vojnica

 28.11.1942 parcel card for a food packet mailed from Erdevik to an Ustaša a member of 1.novačka sat 1.novačka bojna, Ustaške vojnice in Hrvatski Karlovci in Srijem. Arrival cancel is at the back as well as units cancel. 

Ustaška vojnica replacements were all volunteers until September 1942, then new army recruits were offered to join Domobranstvo or Ustaška vojnica. In Ustaška vojnica two replacement battalions(novačka bojna) were formed on 01.11.1942. First one was based in Osijek and second one was based in Hrvatski Karlovci. Replacement battalions started training recruits from 01.11.1942.

2.replacement battalion had HQ with 4 infantry companies(5,6,7 and 8 novačka sat), 2.novački bacački vod(2.mortar platoon) and 2.novački topovski vod(2.artillery platoon) with a total of 12 Officers, 11 NCOs and 821 soldiers a total of 844 men.

Both replacement battalions were integrated in PTS on 15.08.1943 and units were disbanded.

9.1916 postcard 7.sFAR to Vrbovsko bei Ogulin, Kroatien , Fp.111

 30.09.1916 postcard mailed from 7.schwere Feldartillerie Regiment  via Fp.111(7.inf.division) to Vrbovsko near Ogulin, Croatia. Text  in German is just a short greeting. In 1916 13.sFhD was disbanded, while new sFAR were raised from it. New Croatian schwere Feldartillerie regiments were: 7.sFAR and 36.sFAR attached to 7th and 36th division respectively. Mail from the units is rare.

8.1944. card from Zagreb to Kroatische Flak Legion unit

04.08.1944 postal card mailed from Zagreb to Fp.53974 - 6. Batterie leichte Flak-Abteilung 785 (o) in Münster then redirected to Fp.60416 - schwere Flak-Batterie z.b.V. 10415. Meaning of z.b.V. (zur besonderen Verwendung) is 'for special assignment' such Flak units were often temporary or provisional ad-hoc formations created for unique tactical situations or regional defense re-organizations. They generally lacked standardized structures and were frequently absorbed into permanent numbered units. Schwere Flak-Batterie z.b.V. 10415 was at the time stationed in Dortmund - Bochum area, serving in the defence of the Reich. Text is in Croatian usual greetings from home to a soldier.

12.1942 - 3.pješačka pukovnija in Zvornik to Zagreb

  19.12.1942. Postcard mailed from 22.sat, V. bojna, 3.pješačka pukovnija(22.company, 5th battalion, 3rd infantry regiment) to Zagreb. The sender writes his unit's location as Zvornik, Istočna Bosna (East Bosnia), but the card was mailed from the Bijeljina post office. The text at the back is a Christmas greeting in Croatian, and the location of writing is noted as Rudnik (a mine).  Very little is known about 3.inf.regiment, other than that it had 5 battalions and that its garrison with 1st.battalion was in Karlovac.

12.1917 SMS MARS to Mrkopalj, Croatia.

 22.12.1917 K.u.K Marinefeldpost, postcard mailed from SMS MARS to Mrkopalj in Gorski Kotar, Croatia. Text in Croatian is a short Christmas greeting. Present are Marinfeldpostamt Pola cancel and Censor cancel from Sms Mars.

SMS Mars was a battleship launched in 1878 under the name SMS Tegetthoff. The ship served as a local defence ship from 1906 at Pula/Pola harbour. In 1912 the ship was renamed SMS Mars as a new battleship received the name Tegetthoff. From 1917, the ship became a training ship for midshipmen and was turned into a hulk the next year.

4.1944 - 1.lovački zdrug to Gemischte Ausbildungs Abteilung Kroat.Ausb.Brigade

 30.4.1944 letter mailed from a member of Ratni Sud 1.lovačkog zdruga in Doboj(Military court of 1.Jäger brigade) to member of Gemischte Ausbildungs Abteilung Kroatische Ausbildungs Brigade Fp.59875 C.  This number with letter C was used by Abteilungs 2.kompanie - engineers. German machine censorhip cancel. Text is Croatian, with usual greetings writers informs recipient that Zagreb was bombed on 15.04.

8.1944 - Oružničtvo official letter from Garešnica to Bjelovar.

 01.08.1944 cover of official registered big sized letter from Zapovjedničtvo Oružničkog voda Garešnica(Command of Gendarmerie platon in Garešnica)  to Župsko Oružničko Zapovjedničtvo  in Bjelovar(County Gendarmerie Command in Bjelovar). Mailed from Kutina post office. On the back letter is franked with 4 official stamps of 3,50 kuna, due to a lack of official stamps, 2 regular stamps of 1 kuna value were used on front to add to 16 kuna which was rate for registered big size letter( 7 kuna letter above 21 grams+9 kuna registration . Official cancel  at the top left is clearly visible.

12.1916 KuK FHR 7. to Vinkovci in Slavonia, Croatia

 16.12.1916 K.u.K feldpost card from Batterie No.4, Feldhaubitzregiment No.7 (FHR.7) to Vinkovci in Slavonia mailed via Felpost 111 used by 7.Infantry division. FHR.7 was formed from 3. Battery of 13.FHR(Zagreb) in June 1916, from 06.1918 it was renamed FAR 107. Text is in Croatian , usual greetings to family.

9.1944 - 392. Kroatische Inf.Div. to Wien

 18.09.1944 feldpost letter from Fp.17051 B - Stab I und Einheit Artillerie-Regiment 392 (Kroat.) to Wien (Vienna) Reich today in Austria. Letters from 392. Croatian Infanry Divvision (Blue division) are rare. 392.Artillerie Regiment had 2 Abteilungs(Batteries) with 3rd formed in February 1945.

2.1943 parcel card to 13.pj.pukovnija in Sarajevo

 6.02.1943 parcel card for a packet sent from Bjelovar to an 'domobran' serving in 16.sat 13. Pješačka pukovnija (16 company 13.infantry regiment) in Sarajevo. Arrival cancel at the back. In mid 1943 13.inf.regiment bacame 13.'jager' regiment od 4.'jager' brigade(4.lovački zdrug)

11.1916 37.Landwehr Infanterie Regiment to Bol, Brač

 04.11.1916. KuK feldpost card from1.battalion  37.Landwehr Infanterie Regiment Gravosa to Bol on island Brač in Dalmatia . Mailed via K.u.K Fp. 420 used by 58.Infantry division. The division was mostly manned by Croats from Dalmatia, formed in 1915 it spent the war on the Italian front fighting in all the Isonzo Battles.