2.1944 10.Schiffs-Stamm-Abteilung Feldpost Netherlands to Croatia

 

 12.06.1944 letter from  10.Schiffs-Stamm-Abteilung to Zagreb Croatia. Sender is a Croatian sailor  training with 10. S.ST.Ab located in Assen Netherlands. Coatian Navy personel  was sent to Kriegsmarine schools in Germany and later in 1944 in Netherland to serve both in Kriegsmarine and in Croatian Navy. Writer notes his location in letter  as "Somewhare in the west" but on cover it is clearly written Assen ,Netherlands. 

 German 11.Sicherungs division was formed 11. Sicherungsflottille in February 1944 on  Adriatic sea. In 2.1944  Kriegsmarine sent  500 recruits all born in 1926 from Croatia  to Netherlands for training. On 1.April 1944  a batch of 500 croatian volunteers followed them to Netherlands to complete navy training also to serve with  11.Sicherungs division.