5.1944 Zagreb to Kroatische Schnelle brigade in Dollersheim

 

24.05.1944 registered letter from Zagreb to "Kroatische schnelle brigade" located in Lager Dollersheim in Reich today in Austria. "Kroatische schnelle brigade" or in Croatian "Brzi Zdrug" or "Fast Brigade" in English  was formed on 01.04.1944 from 3 cavalry companies(konjanički sklop) and from 1st and 2nd bicycle battalion ( 1. i 2. koturaška bojna). On 21.12.1944  Brzi Zdrug was dismissed from Domobranstvo and become part of Ustaška vojnica. This Unit was to be equipped with motorised and armoured vehicles but this was only partially realised. 

I havent found any reference of Brzi Zdrug  training in Dollersheim with Kroatische Ausbildungs Brigade but this letter proves it. 

Correct postage 23kn was paid , 4kn letter+ 9kn registration + 10kn special delivery (Žurno)

5.1918 - 70.Peterwardein Inf.Rgt to Ivankovo, Slavonia.

 

 5.1918 card from Peterwardein 70.Inf.Rgt  to Ivankovo in Slavonia, Syrmian county, Croatia . Text in Croatian. Mailed via Fp.632 used by 32.Inf.Div fighting on Italian front at the time.

11.1943. Fp.59735 - Gendarmerie-Hauptmannschaft Banja-Luka

 

 08.11.1943 Feldpost letter from Fp.59735 - Gendarmerie-Hauptmannschaft Banja-Luka to Mertingen bei Augsburg , Reich. Text in German . This is the second card i have ever seen mailed from Gendarmerie-Hauptmannschaft Banja-Luka, first and this second card were mailed by same sender. This card has Dienststelle cancel with Fp. number inserted sideway ,this is probably improvised canceller as i have never seen German Fp. cancel with such sideway number inserted. SS censor cancel As in green.

2.1942 - Erdut to 2.pioneer battalion in Brčko.

 

 26.02.1942 card from Erdut to 4.company of 2.pioneer battalion (2.pionirska bojna) in Brčko. In 1941 4.pioneer battalions were formed, sometime in early 1942 they were renamed from pioniri to obkopari , meaning stayed the same: combat engineer.

1916 K.u.K Feldpost Zagreb hospital to Rijeka(Fiume)

 3.1916  card mailed from Zagreb hospital Sisters of Charity( Bolnica Sestara Milosrdnica ) to Rijeka(Fiume). Marked as Feldpost and mailed from wounded soldier in hospital. All mail from wounded soldiers was free of charge when marked as Feldpost and canceled by Hospital stamp, here that is purple cancel in the middle of the card. Zagreb Censor cancel in red.  Text is in Italian although recipients name is Croatian , and sender can write Croatian language(look at his writing of hospitals adrress.)

During the Great War many improvised hospitals were formed in Croatia, i dont know how many regular and reserve army hospitals were formed, but i know that just a Red Cross organised 35 improvised hospitals. Amount of Feldpost mail from these hospitals was big and a lot of it is preserved untill this day.

5.1944 - Flak Regiment 6. to Berlin

 

 

 23.05.1944 official registered letter from Fp.L55438 to Deutsche Lufthansa AG in Berlin. Fp.55438 was used by Stab 1. Flak Regiment 6. stationed in Balkan, including Croatia. Mailed via Feldpostamt 530, Kenn number 176 , located in Zagreb, Croatia that served Hgr.F  

10.1943 official letter to MINORS - dušobrižnički odjel (army chaplains department)

 

10.1943 official letter from Roman-Catholic parish of Nova Gradiška to Ministry of Armed forces (Ministarstvo oružanih snaga-MINORS) Army chaplains department( dušobrižnički odjel). Correct postage 3,5 kn was paid , arrival cancel Zagreb at the back . Prof.Ercegović certificate pictured.

MINORS-Army chaplains department was formed in 1941 as the army was formed, it changed its name several times as army (domobranstvo) was reformed.

2.1918 - 28.domobran inf.rgt. of 42. H.I.Div- to Osijek via Fp.144

14.2.1918 Felpost card mailed from  replacement company of 28.Domobranska pješačka pukovnija(28. Croatian Landwehr infantry regiment) to Osijek. Mailed by member of 1/36 h.s. meaning this was 36 replacement to pukovnija up to that time of th war . Cancel of  42.Honved .Inf Division repalcement formations (Marschformationen) - 42.Honved.inf. divison was Croatian Landwehr division made of 4 regiments.  Mailed via Fp.144 that served 3rd.Army .

9.1944 Fp.48397 Heeresunterkunftsverwaltung 357 to Reich.

 226.09.1944 registered letter from Fp.48937 to Wien in Reich , today Austria. Mailed via Feldpostamt 530 Kenn number 176 stationed in Zagreb. Fp.Amt 530 served Heeresgruppe E.  Fp.48937 was assigned to Heeresunterkunftsverwaltung 357. This  unit was in charge of army accomodation(army billeting). I dont have any other information about this unit or where it was station.

1.1943 Osijek to VII.bojna 3.novačka pukovnija in Zagreb

 

 

 11.01.1943 card from Osijek to member of 3.streljačka sat VII.bojna 3.novačka pukovnija stationed in  Zagrebački zbor(Zagreb fair) in Zagreb. (3.rifle company , VII.battalion, 3.conscript regiment). 

3.novačka pukovnija was made of 4 battalions: VI, VII and VIII battalion were stationed in Bjelovar and  IX.battalion was based in Križevci.

 1. 2. 3. and 4.novačka pukovnija were formed on 01.05.1942 and were dissolved on 23.02.1943. Then  2 new novačka pukovnija were formed  and those units were dissolved in 03.1944.

Antun Scholz (Šolc) K.u.K 100.IR to Zagreb

 Antun Scholz(Šolc) war memoirs from the Great War  were published in 2020 in Croatia. This great book is a rare WW1 war diary writen by a Croatian soldier. Antun Šolc was born in Zagreb but his father was from Vienna and Antun was therefore sent to serve with 4.Inf.Rgt from Vienna. He was quickly  transfered to 100.Inf.Rgt from Teschen. He writes that he was the only Croat in the Regiment. In the early 1915 100.IR was in Syrmia in the rear of the Serbian front, later it was  transfered to Italian front when Italy declered war on 23.05.1915.  With 100.IR Antun spent part of the war figthing on Italian front, participating in 1, 2 , 10, 11 and 12 Isonso battle and in fighting on the Piave front. In the diary he regularly writes about sending and recieving feldpost from family in Zagreb and from his brother Stanko serving with K.u.K 84.Inf.Rgt. By pure chance i acquired some of his feldpost cards...

Front cover  of the book which I highly recommend to all readers.

20.03.1915 card from Antun to his sister Draga Šolc in Tkalčićeva street no.68 in Zagreb , his home adress. Posted via Fp.69.  2nd.battalion of 100.IR was part of 12.Gebirgs brigade and used its Feldpost no.69. Stationed in Syrmia.

18.04.1915 card from Antun to his sister Draga Šolc in Tkalčićeva street no.68 in Zagreb , his home adress. Mailed via Fp.69. Stationed in Syrmia.

24.05.1915 card from Antun to his sister Draga Šolc in Tkalčićeva street no.68 in Zagreb , his home adress. Mailed via Fp.69. This card was mailed a day after Italian declaration of war on Austro-Hungary. Antun writes that they are moving to "you know where and we are glad to go there"  and   "we are all in high spirits. I already  know the thunder of the guns, nothing new". The next day Regiment moved from Syrmia to Italian front.

27.07.1917 card from Antun sister Vlasta in Zagreb  to his brother Stanko in 84.IR,  Fp.297 added by postman, censor cancel  Zagreb in green . Fp.297 served 25.Inf.Division in Galicia on the Russian front. Text has handwritten date 17.07.1917, this is probably an writting error. Vlasta writes that she has mailed some photos to him and to Antun(nick Tonana), his war diary confirms this few days earlier.

1.1944 - 1.Flughafen-Betriebs-Kompanie L.G.1 on Pleso airport to Reich

 

 29.01.1944 official registerer letter from  1. Flughafen-Betriebs-Kompanie L.G.1 which used Fp.L14713 to 1.Flieger Ersatz Bataillon XI in Neumünster in Germany. Mailed via Feldpostamt 530 based in Zagreb , Kenn-176 , used by Army group E. 

1. Flughafen-Betriebs-Kompanie L.G.1 operated on Pleso airport near Zagreb from 11.1943 until the retreat of German and Croatian army  from Zagreb on 06.05.1945. 

Pleso airport serves today as Zagreb and Croatia main airport , it was build by German forces in 1943 and from early 1944 was used by Luftwaffe as main transport and resupply airport .

 

5.1942 packet card to 2. Zračno područje Sarajevo.

 

 

 
 

15.05.1942 packet card from Andrijevci to Stožer 2.zračnog područja(2 Air command) or correcly 2.Zračna luka.Arrival cancel Sarajevo at the back 21.05.2021.