Saturday 31 August 2024

1.1943 - 106.Infanterie-Division of Wehrmacht to Osijek, Croatia.



 


15.01.1943 Feldpost letter from Fp.05130 D to Osijek Croatia. Fp.05130D was used by  3. Kompanie, I.Bataillon, Grenadier Regiment 239 of  106.Infanterie-Division. 106.Infantry division was withdrawn from the Eastern front in May 1942 and relocated to France for replenishment in the St. Omer, Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer area, on the La Manche coast . In February 1943, it returned to the Eastern Front in the Kharkov area.

This letter was mailed by Croatian Volksdeutsche soldier to home in Osijek,  Croatia, just before transfer from France back to Russian front.  Text is in German. Regular german censorship marks are both on the cover and the letter sheet, also on both pieces are present blue marks of chemical censorship. Arrival cancel Osijek 26.01. is on the backside.

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