09.12.1942 feldpost letter from Stalingrad to Zagreb Croatia. Sadly feldpost cancel was cut out by someone most probably because there was a Luftfeldpost stamp. Units feldpost cancel with Fp.46511 is clearly visible, it was used by Stab u. 1.-4. Batterie leichte Kroatische Artillerie Abteilung of 369.Kroat.Inf.Rgt. (Croatian Legion). Sender is Obergefreiter A.Jurković from Fp.46511B - 1st. Battery of Artillerie Abteilung.
Letters content has very interesting message.
Anton Jurković writes that he returned to the unit sometime before, that he was promoted and decorated with a medal. He doesnt writes that German and Croatian forces were surrounded by Bolshevik forces at the time in Stalingrad, but he notes that he mailed a (Luftfeldpost) stamp to adresse that he can used it for mail. He writes: "there is bitter fighting here, but we hope for the best..."
Small piece of letter where a place of writing was stated was cut out by censors, ordinary censorship as well as chemical censorship was carried out by German censors and noted by censors tape and multiple cancels.
Anton Jurković is mentioned as recipient of military decoration in book Hrvatska Legija, the best book about 369. Croatian Infantry Regiment.
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