05.1944 -card to popunidbeno zapovjedništvo Bjelovar

 06.05.1944 postal card mailed from Zagreb to Zdenko Dobrinić, satnik(Captain) in popunidbeno zapovjedništvo Bjelovar (Replenishment(conscription) command in Bjelovar).The Bjelovar Replenishment Command was established on 13 April 1941. Until 5 May 1941, it was part of the Osijek Divisional Area, when according to the order of the Domobran Army Headquarters, it was subordinated to the Sava Divisional Area. With the reorganization of the military territorial division of the NDH, on 15 October 1941  it was subordinated to the 1.Domobran Military District in Petrinja, that relocated at the end of 1942 to Zagreb.

1944 - Italians in Wehrmacht feldpost to Istria, Croatia

When Italy surrendered in 9.1943 Croatia took back control over most of Dalmatia and sought to incorporate central and eastern Istria with Croatian majority to Croatia but Istria was left under Italian control of new fascist republic "Republica Socialista Italiana"(RSI) better known as Republic of Salo. To support its claim Croatia formed new Istria Domobran regiment. In January 1945 Germans agreed to transfer Istria to Croatian control, but this never happened as Croatia was battling Communist rebellion and invasion from the east. In autumn 1943 Germans imposed military control in Istria by forming Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland (OZAK), civil control remained Italian under RSI. Italians lived mostly on the western coast of Istria where they were in majority and they served in RSI military units while some joined Wehrmacht. Below follow 3 feldpost letters mailed home from Italians in Wehrmacht to a places in western Istria. I found such mail to be quite rare.

 15.11.1944 letter from Wehrmacht, Fp.number badly visible, possibly Fp.81874 B(?)-Italianische Bau Batallion 33  to Umago, Pola  today Umag in Istria, Croatia.  German censor cancels in red.

24.02.1944 letter from Wehrmacht, Fp.39626 - 2. Italienisches Nebel Bataillon(Marine) - to Fasana d'Istria near Pola today Fažana, Croatia. German censor cancels in red. Arrival cancel Fasana d Istria Pola 3.3.1944. 

Italian 'Nebel' units were obcure military units armed with fog/smoke producing equipment. This fog was used to camouflage navy or army units from air raids. 2.Nebel Battalion was formed in Italy in 1942, later stationed in Reich on the Baltic sea, in Gotenhafen with outposts in Pillau and Memel.

23.01.1944 letter from Wehrmacht, Fp.24808 T  - to Valle d'Istria, Pola today Bale, Croatia. Bale is on the road from Rovinj to Pula. Fp.24808 was Sammelfeldpostnummer such a feldpost number was used by a various units in an area, usually a letter in the end denoted certain unit in the area. Fp 24808 was used in Orleans area in France and Fp.24808 T was used by Italienische Stellungsbau Pionier Kompanie 13.

German censor cancels in red.

9.1942 Panzerjäger Komp. Kroat.Inf.Ersatz Rgt.369. to Zagreb

 

25.09.1942 Feldpost letter from Fp.41700 M  used by Panzerjäger Kompanie,  Kroat.Infanterie Ersatz Regiment 369. in Stockerau, mailed to Zagreb, Croatia. German censorship. Ersatz Regiment 369 trained replacements for 369.Croatian Infantry Regiment fighting in Stalingrad at that time.