7.1944 Card from Osijek to 4.lovačka pukovnija (4.jager regiment)

 11.07.1944 card from Osijek to 15.stožerna sat 4.lovačke pukovnije(15.headquarters company of 4.jager regiment) in Derventa. 4.lovačka pukovnija was part od 1.lovački zdrug(1.jager brigade) of Domobranstvo. In mid 1944  4.lovacka pukovnija was stationed around Derventa . During  27-29. June 1944, 4.lovačka pukovnija repulsed Partisan attack on Derventa while fighting against a much larger enemy force. Ironically on 8. and 9. September 1944 large part of 1.jager brigade surrendered to communist forces.  Around 800 men remained in the brigade but Army HQ decided to disband 1.jager brigade on the 18.October 1944.  Soldiers were transferred to 3.lovački zdrug (3.jager brigade).

6.1916 K.u.K Marinefeldpost from Durz to Bakar in Croatian Littoral

 

16.06.1916 K.u.K Marinefeldpost card, mailed from Durz(alb.Durres, cro.Drač) in Albania to Bakar in Hrvatsko primorje(Croatian Littoral). Albanian postcard was used, it was mailed from civilian cargo ship S.S Rakoczy via S.M.S Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf - ships cancel was applied, then card was transferred to local post office Zelenika in bay of Kotor where postal cancel 20.VI.16  was applied. Text is in Croatian , just a short greetings message. 

S.S Rakoczy was Passenger Cargo Ship built in Tyne Iron Shipyard in England. Ship was completed in 11/1892 for Royal Hungarian Sea Navigation Co Adria Ltd, Fiume(Rijeka).  Ship was running supplies for KuK army in Durz when postcard was mailed.

S.M.S Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf was old battleship that served as local defence ship in bay of Kotor since 1906 and spent the war stationed there.

09.1943 Kroatische Ausbildungs Brigade to Domobran school in Varaždin

 

18.09.1943 letter with contents mailed from Fp.56478 B - 1.company  1st. Battalion Kroatische Ausbildungs Brigade to 1.prva bitnica topničkog sklopa Domobranska Središnja Škola (1.section of artillery battery of  Central Army School) in Varaždin, Croatia. School trained reserve army officers. Feldpost cancel 18.09.1943 at was used in Stockerau Austria. German censorship, content was marked by the same green censor cancel bearing numbers as was the cover. Text is in Croatian, sender unusually for the war time describes a day boat trip on Danube on which cadets were sent.

Feldpost from EINSATZSTAFFEL DER DEUTSCHEN MANNSCHAFT

 Organisation of Einsatzstaffel der Deutschen Mannschaft (E der DM)  is reviewed elsewhere on this blog, but some new findings came to my attention. I have read on the internet that there were independent companies in E der DM but I have never seen official document or mail from those companies until recently.

There were 3 independent companies named after their commanding officers 

Kompanie ZIKMUND, commander Leopold Zikmund

Kompanie MAY, commander Josef May

Kompanie BRASCHEL, commander Adam Braschel, 

Adam Braschel was commander of 2nd company in Verfugungsbataillon 'Prinz Eugen' (active battalion Pr.Eugen) , it is probable that name 'kompanie BRASCHEL' refers to this company when it was displaced from it's core battalion.

Mail from E Der DM is very rare.

30.01.1943 cut out from parcel card mailed from Gorjani to a member of Verfugungsbataillon 'Prinz Eugen , at the back nice clear units cancel.

1942. cover from Beška to Heinrich Evinger serving with kompanie BRASCHEL in Bosanska Gradiška. This is the first letter I have ever seen mailed to an independent company in Der DM.

1942. another letter mailed from Petrovaradin to Heinrich Ewinger serving with 2.kompanie Einsatzstaffel in Osijek, arrival cancel Osijek 22.05.1942.