Saturday, 27 June 2026

11.1916 37.Landwehr Infanterie Regiment to Bol, Brač


 04.11.1916. KuK feldpost card from1.battalion  37.Landwehr Infanterie Regiment Gravosa to Bol on island Brač in Dalmatia . Mailed via K.u.K Fp. 420 used by 58.Infantry division. The division was mostly manned by Croats from Dalmatia, formed in 1915 it spent the war on the Italian front fighting in all the Isonzo Battles.

Saturday, 20 June 2026

2.1945 card to Polizei Freiwilligen Regiment 5 (Kroat.)


 15.02.1945 cover sent from Bad Salzungen in the Reich to Fp.27880 D - II.battalion, 7.Kompanie, Polizei Freiwilligen Regiment 5 (Kroat.) and cancelled there. Then the card was rerouted to Fp.24083 - Regimentsstab, Polizei Freiwilligen Regiment 5 (Kroat.). Very late use in mid-February 1945.

Saturday, 13 June 2026

5.1942 - card to Osnutak Doknadne bojne 14 P.P. in Varaždin


 12.05.1942 postal card mailed from Zagreb to a member of Osnutak Doknadne bojne 14 P.P.(pješačke pukovnije/14. infantry regiment) in Varaždin. Osnutak Doknadne bojne (Foundation of Replacement battalion) was a small administrative unit tasked with maintaining records for active and reserve personnel of a regiment. These units with 11 officers and soldiers were formed on 16.04.1942 in ongoing military reform. Osnutak Doknadne bojne 14. pješačke pukovnije was formed from Varaždinska doknadna bojna (Varaždin replacement battalion).

Saturday, 6 June 2026

1917 KuK Marinefeldpost, SMS Saida to SMS Chamäleon



 01.08.1917 K.u.K  Marineldpost card mailed from SMS Saida to SMS Chamäleon. Text is written in Croatian; personal mail between two KuK ships in Croatian is extremely rare. The date is noted in the text, and there is no visible postal cancel on the card.

SMS Saida was a scout cruiser with a crew of 340 officers and men. She was commissioned on 01.08.1914 and had a displacement of 3,500 tons.

SMS Chamäleon was a minelayer ship; its complement was 154 men with a displacement of 1,000 tons; the ship was commissioned on 01.12.1914.