Sunday 27 August 2023

10.1942 Dubrovnik to 369.Kroat.Inf.Division



 20.10.1942 Card from Dubrovnik to Fp.32040 B , used by 7.Batterie Artillerie Regiment 369 (Kroat.). Machine cancel Dubrovnik, stamp was used although feldpost was free of charge. Censored by Croatian military post ,cancel - G.S.B.P.-Pregledano and by German OKW censors, marked by machine cancel. This is the earliest use of GSBP cancel i have seen.

Saturday 19 August 2023

08.1942. Kroat.Infanterie Ersatz Bataillon 369. to Zagreb



 


09.08.1942 feldpost from Fp.41700 C - 2.komp.Kroat.Infanterie Ersatz-Bataillon 369. to Zagreb, Croatia. Text is in Croatian, usual soldiers greetings to a lady friend. Wehrmacht censorship marking applied both to cover and content page. Feldpost date cancel with markings 'at' applied in Stockerau Lager in the Reich, today in Austria.

Saturday 12 August 2023

9.1917 Scheinwerfer komp. No.36 to Varaždin



 30.09.1917 Kuk Feldpost card from Schinewerfer kompagnie No.36 of the K.u.K 36.infantry division to Waraždin, text  is Croatian. Mailed via Fp.634 used by 36.inf.div. that was mostly Croatian during the whole war. At this time unit was on the Russian(Galician) front.   This the first card i have seen from an  Scheinwerfer(Searchlight) unit among all Croatian units in the K.u.K army