04.08.1944 postal card mailed from Zagreb to Fp.53974 - 6. Batterie leichte Flak-Abteilung 785 (o) in Münster then redirected to Fp.60416 - schwere Flak-Batterie z.b.V. 10415. Meaning of z.b.V. (zur besonderen Verwendung) is 'for special assignment' such Flak units were often temporary or provisional ad-hoc formations created for unique tactical situations or regional defense re-organizations. They generally lacked standardized structures and were frequently absorbed into permanent numbered units. Schwere Flak-Batterie z.b.V. 10415 was at the time stationed in Dortmund - Bochum area, serving in the defence of the Reich. Text is in Croatian usual greetings from home to a soldier.
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