9.1942 parcel card to POSADNI SAT KNIN

 04.09.1942 parcel card for packet containing 5 books, mailed from ZAPOVJEDNIČTVO I. VOJNO-ZBORNOG PODRUČJA PETRINJA(Command of I.military-corps in PETRINJA) to POSADNI SAT KNIN (Garrison company KNIN). Official cancels from these units are on the front and on the back of the card. Postal cancels Petrinja 04.09.42 and arrival cancel Knin 17.09.42 are also present. Kninski POSADNI bataljun (Knin Garrison battalion) was formed in June 1941, it became 3. battalion of 15.Infantry Regiment in July 1941 and was stationed in Knin. Maybe 'Kninski posadni sat' was part of it, I couldn't find any data about this sat(company). 

6.1916 K.u.K 53.Inf. Regiment to Zagreb

 19.06.1915 KuK Feldpost card mailed from III. battalion 53.Infantry Regiment Dankl (an Croatian regiment) to Zagreb. Mailed via Fp.92 used by 15.Inf.Division, sender notes his Fp. number as Fp.44 - of 36.Inf.division. Hungarian Feldpost card was used , text is in Croatian. Present is units cancel 'KuK Div. park No.15, Haubitz Munitions kolone 2/1', from 15. Inf.Division. At that time  15.inf.div. and  part of 36.inf.div were part of Korps Czibulka of Amee Group Pflanzer-Baltin (7.ARMEE), hence  this Croatian soldier mailed card from nearest Feldpost office Fp.92 of 15.inf.div. Content is interesting soldier writes he was wounded in left hand index finger and is in a field hospital, as he is medical cadet he wonders weather he will return to the battle lines ( u rojnu prugu) or he might stay and serve with the field hospital.

6.1944 card from Polizei Freiwilligen Rgt. (Kroatien) to Samobor

 12.06.1944 Feldpost card from Fp.00691 - 'Regiments stab Polizei Freiwilligen Regiment (Kroatien)' (Rgt.3) to Ivan Sudnik in Samobor, Croatia. Nice unit, feldpost and green censor AS3 cancels. Text in German is inquiry about Fountain pen left for repair with watchmaker Ivan Sudnik and casual greetings.

Ivan (Ivica) Sudnik 1910-2002 was founder of local museum in Samobor, by profession he was watchmaker. He was at first a photographer later collector of old items and from his collection a Samobor museum was formed. He is still the only person named honorary Mayor of Samobor.

10.1943 - XVII ŽESTRA BOJNA

 12.10.1943 official letter from 2.Sat XVII. ŽESTRA BOJNA (2.company of 17.Railway protection battalion) stationed in Semizovac to Donja Stubica. Franked with a mix of Regular and Porto stamps canceled at Semizovac postal office, on the back is a round units cancel. HQ of XVII. ŽESTRA BOJNA was in Zenica, battalion had 5 rifle companies and was tasked with protection of railway from Brod N/S to Sarajevo. Semizovac is around 14km away from Sarajevo. Info about ŽESTRA units is very scarce, only data about XVII. ŽESTRA BOJNA is that in late 1944 it became part of 16. infantry brigade of  15.Croatian infantry division.

2.1917 Feldpost card from the Ottoman empire to Zagreb Croatia

 12.02.1917 feldpost card from Constantinople to an officer of K.u.K  23. Landwehrinfanterie regiment Zara, addressed to Zagreb Croatia, card was then rerouted to Fp.420. Card was mailed via German feldpost services in Ottoman empire. It was mailed by an Ottoman officer, text is a New Year greeting written in German. LIR-23 ZARA was then part of 5.Gebirgs Brigade and used Feldpost 420 of 58.Inf.division.

10.1943 Croat in Luftwaffe, Flugzeugführerschule A/B 123

 28.10.1943 postcard mailed from Croatian pilot in training from Flugzeugführerschule C 19 in Gleiwitz to his former instructor in Flugzeugführerschule A/B 123 (FFS A/B 123)  in Graz-Thalerhof airport.

Marked as feldpost, card was mailed via civilian post office Gleiwitz, text is in Croatian. Cadet writes that other Croats will arrive for further training in FFS C 19 but lessons haven't started because they are waiting for a translator to arrive.

FFS A/B 123 was first Luftwaffe pilot school formed in Croatia that trained German and Croatian pilots, Croat cadets formed a separate detachment and were trained by Croatian and German instructors. Receiver of this card Captain Pažameta was one of the Croatian instructors.

FFS A/B 123 was stationed on Borongaj airport, Zagreb from 10.05.1941 to 06.05.1943 when it  was transfered to Graz due to war conditions in Croatia. In this school many Croatian pilots were trained. 

FFS C 19 was located  13.9.41 - 26.6.44 in Ohlau with satellite airfields in  Woisselsdorf, Gleiwitz and Märzdorf. 

FFS A/B offered  basic pilot training

FFS C offered advanced pilot training  for multi-engine aircraft (bomber and reconnaissance airplanes)

Best book about Croatian airforce that also mentiones Captain Pažameta in FFS A/B 123 is

2.1944 - Croatian 'Flak' unit in Brod n/s to Osijek

 

17.02.1944 letter mailed from an pz. vodnik, 1. laka bitnica, 3.p.z skupina Brod n/s ( Antiaircraft(flak) Sergeant, 1.light battery of 3.anti-aircraft group(p.z skupina = flak abteilung) in Brod n/s, today Slavonski Brod).

  3.anti-aircraft group was formed in 1943 in Brod N/S. Each anti-aircraft group consisted of  three heavy and one light battery. 

In April 1944 heavy bombing of Brod n/s started, by the end of the war a greater part of the city was destroyed with 4000 tons of aircraft bombs.

Letter was correctly franked with 3,5kn stamp with 2 kuna war tax  paid. Arrival cancel Osijek is on the back side as well as red censor mark CENZURA Br.17 of Osijek censorship office. Letter content is present, text is usually greetings.

12.1916 - K.u.K 53.Inf.Rgt von Dankl to Zagreb

 22.12.1916 K.u.K feldpost card mailed to Zagreb by an officer, Major Edmund Von Mihalović (Feričanci, 1866. – Zagreb, 1950.), Mihalovićs were Slavonian nobility. Sender writes that he was transferred from 53.Inf.Regt von Dankl (mostly croatian) to 5.Inf.Rtg but still names Fp.44 as his address. Fp.44 was used by 36.Inf.Division, and 53.Inf.Rgt was part of it during the whole war. Feldpost cancel is unreadable probably Tabori Postahivatal 44. Text is written in German and interestingly a charity stamp for invalides, widows and orphans of 53.Inf Rgt Von Dankl was added.

3.1944 letter from 3.Staffel Kampf-Geschwader 40 in Norway to Croatia

 21.03.1944 feldpost letter from Fp. L30872 to Semlin, Kroatien (Zemun, Croatia). Fp.L30872  was used by Luftwaffe unit, 3.Staffel Kampf-Geschwader 40.  This unit moved to Trondheim - Vaernes airfield in Norway in 11.1943 with Focke-Wulf 200C airplanes. It stayed in Norway until 10.1944. This is a rare Wehrmacht feldpost from Norway to Croatia. Present are clear feldpost, unit and multiple censorship cancels. Written by and mailed to Croatian Volksdeutsche.

8.1943 letter to Zrakoplovna školska pukovnija in Petrovaradin

 24.08.1943 registered express letter mailed from Zagreb to a member of  "Đački sat zrakoplovne školske pukovnije" or student company of air force training regiment in Petrovaradin. This air force training regiment was formed in September 1941 , it was made of HQ and 2 battalions each with several companies. Regiment trained non flying  air force personnel, reserve officers, NCOs  and recruits. Also courses for active air force personnel were occasionally organised by regiment, such as aerial photography , mechanical and meteorological courses. In September 1944 larger part of regiment deserted with commanding officer to partisans and remains of the regiment were added to 1.pilotska škola Borovo(1.pilot school in Borovo).

1.1917 K.u.K Seeflugstation Sebenico to Knin, Croatia.

 01.01.1917 K.u.K Marinefeldpost, photocard mailed from K.u.K Seeflugstation Sebenico( Šibenik) to Knin in  Croatia. Red cancel reads K.u.K Küstenflugstation Sebenico. Card was mailed via civilian post office Šibenik, but in top right corner is hand written KuK Marinefeldpost and card was mailed free of charge.

03.1944 - 369.(Kroat.) Infanterie Division to Zagreb

20.03.1944 feldpost letter from Fp.13549 E  or  12.company, III.batallion, Grenadier Regiment 369. of 369.(Kroatische) Infanterie Division to Zagreb, Croatia. Soldier writes that he is stationed on the seaside and managed to obtain some sea salt and oil(olive) and he will send it to Zagreb. He notes that unlike in Bosnia there are no Bandits(Partisans) here, but air raids are far more common. 369.(Kroat.)division moved in 3.1944 from Bosnia to Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia with southernmost units stationed in Cavtat(south of Dubrovnik). As usual  feldpost and censor cancels are present on the cover and content.

10.1942 official Army(Domobranstvo) letter from Osijek to Vinkovci

 20.10.1942 official military cover sent from "DOMOBRANSKI POVJERENIK u I. Osječkom mlinu na valjke"  or "Army representative in 1. Osijek roller mill" to "Posadno obskrbno skladište" Vinkovci or "Garisson supply depot" in Vinkovci. Cancels on the cover are : Official purple cancel, letter was franked with official stamp of 3 kuna value canceled in Osijek , on the back is arrival cancel Vinkovci 21.10.42.

1.Osijek steam roller mill produced flour from various grains.