Monday 29 May 2023

3.1918 K.u.K Marinefeldpost Pola to Sanvincenti Istria.



 23.03.1918 K.u.K Marinefeldpost from Pola to Sanvincenti in Istria (today Svetvinčenat,Istra,Croatia). Rare cancel: Zensurstelle Gericht des kuk Hafenadmiral und Kriegshafenkommandos in Pola. Text is in Italian 

Sunday 21 May 2023

1.1945 letter from Pol.Freiw.-Rgt. 3


25.01.1945 letter from Fp.57780C or  2.Kompanie Eisenbahn-Sicherungs-Bataillon 13.  to Znaim in the Großdeutschland Reich today Znojmo a town in the South Moravia, Czech Republic. Bataillon at the time was part of Pol.Freiw.-Rgt. 3 Kroatien .
Letter was mailed from Wien , probably it was carried to Wien in person and mailed from there . SS Feldpost is written on it thus the letter was surely sent from "Polizei Freiwilligen Regiment Kroatien 3,"  which was part of SS Polizei in Croatia.

Sunday 14 May 2023

8.1944 Osijek to 4.lovačka pukovnija in Derventa.





11.07.1944 card from Osijek to 15.stožerna sat , 4. lovačka pukovnija (15th.Hq.company, 4.th Jäger regiment) in Derventa.  Usual postal fee was charged. 4.lovačka pukovnija was part of 1.lovački Zdrug(1st Jäger brigade). Zdrug was at the time stationed around Doboj and Derventa in Bosnia. On the 8th and 9th of September 1944 a large part of Zdrug deserted to Yugoslav Communists forces. Around 800 man that stayed loyal to Croatia were transfered to 3.Lovački zdrug and 1.lovački zdrug was disbabded in October 1944.

Sunday 7 May 2023

4.1915. FKR 37. to Zagreb, cancel 'GOTT STRAFE ENGLAND'


 18.04.1915 K.u.K feldpost card from Feldkanonen regiment (FKR) 37. to Zagreb. Mailed via Fp.44 used by 36 Inf.Division stationed on Russian front in Galicia. 36 Inf.div was one of the Croatian divisions and was based in Zagreb. Sender notes his Fp. number 68 , used by Croatian 42. Domobranska (Landwehr) division, also fighting  in Galicia.

Unusual and very rare is purple cancel GOTT STRAFE ENGLAND (God punish England) , this is only the second 'croatian' card with such cancel that i have seen. As Croatian units  in Kuk army were fighting on Serbian, Russian and Italian front cancels about punishing England must be rare.

FkR-37 was part of 42 Inf.dvision, it was disbanded in 1916.