Feldpost pics - Croatian Legion - Verstärkten (Kroatisches) Infanterie Regimente 369.

 25.04.1942 letter from Fp. 43170E : 12.company of verstärktes Kroatisches Infanterie-Regiment 369.(Croatian legion) ,to  Zagreb. Interesting text : legionare describes earlier winter attack on 4 Russian bunkers and capture of 40 Russians. He writes " ..it was nasty with bombs and bullets falling around us..."

 24.02.1942 letter from Fp. 43170E : 12.company of verstärktes Kroatisches Infanterie-Regiment 369(Croatian legion) . Same author as letter above. Writing error : he puts his Feldpost number as 17043E instead od 43170E. Card was mailed to Zagreb with interesting text about horrible Russian winter ,with temperatures dropping to -39°C . The author writes he had only one frostbitten finger while many Russians froze(to death).

18.01.1942 card from Fp.42050C- 6.Kompanie verstärktes Kroatisches Infanterie-Regiment 369 to Zagreb(Agram) Croatia

Card has no Feldpost cancel  nor any censor marks and possibly  was carried in person by someone to Croatia , other possibility is that it passed Feldpost system without these cancels which was extremely rare in early years of war.

Content  in quite boring..simple love troubles... who is writing letters to whom and why...

Kroatische Flak Legion - gemischte Flak-Abteilung 172 - pic.

 Beautiful card mailed from Russia (Crno more - Black sea) in 10.1943 to Zagreb NDH. Mailed from Fp.52892   5.-Batterie gemischte Flak-Abteilung 172 a known Croatian Flak unit. It proves that Croatian Flak Legion  was active on the Russian front in 1943 . Unit was probably reformed in 1944 and not newly formed  as i wrote earlier. Written to a former commander of the unit  Lt.colonel Nikola Ježić , text states basic conditions in a unit (we are all well...) without stating anything a censor would delete. 

I bought this card in 3.2020 but it was lost in mail during worlds  first corona lockdown. luckily i still have this pics..  i refused a refund from a seller and bought rights to publish this pictures

I allways find it interesting to research about people who were senders and recipients of mail. Mostly there is nothing to be found... but sometimes i get lucky. 

Lt.colonel Nikola Ježić was commander of 1st air command in Zagreb. I found his picture in magazine 'Hrvatska Krila' and his article in same magazine about air defence alert service . 

Lt.colonel N.Ježić in the top left picture, inspecting Croatian Flak positions. Hrvatska krila No.13 , 15.7.1942.

01.05.1942 Hrvatska krila No.8 , article about air defence alert service by Lt.colonel N.Ježić

K.u.K 23. Landwehrinfanterie regiment Zara - pics Fp.76

13.08.1914 card from K.u.K  23. Landwehrinfanterie regiment Fp.76 5.Gebirgs brigade to Makarska , Dalmatia.  Strangely units cancel is K.u.K  23. Landwehrinfanterie regiment Sebenico ,  not Zara. Recruting district and 2.battalion were stationed in Šibenik(Sebenico) but units official name was Zara.

22.08.1914 card from K.u.K  23. Landwehrinfanterie regiment Fp.76 5.Gebirgs brigade to Makarska , Dalmatia.  Strangely units cancel is K.u.K  23. Landwehrinfanterie regiment Sebenico ,  not Zara. Recruting district and 2.battalion were stationed in Šibenik(Sebenico) but units official name was Zara.

K.u.K Marinefeldpost- TORPEDOBOATS

 K.u.K Marinefeldpost- TORPEDOBOATS

Kuk Navy had around 100 torpedo boats . Crew size waried from 20-60 men. Feldpost to Croatia is rare.

1.1917 card from T-Boot 91F  to Fiume (Rijeka ) Croatia

5.1916 card from T-Boot 88F to Feldpost 337 , written in Croatian language, via SMS Monarch -cancel.

8.1917 card to Osijek from T-Boot 81, MFP -cancel

11.1916 card to Otok, Slavonia ,Croatia ,from T-Boot 80T, via SMS Monarch- cancel.

1.1915 card to Otok, Slavonia ,Croatia ,from T-Boot 77T, via Pola 1 ,civilian post offoce, hnadwritten Feldpost.

11.1916 card to T-Boot 59T  from T-Boot 76T,  MPF cancel , in  Croatian language

1917 card to Šibenik Croatia from T-Boot 29 ,MFP cancel.

9.1918 card from Bodenbach/Elbe(Sudetenland)  to Šibenik  T-Boot 25 , 

12.1916 card form T-Boot 20  to Kostrea , ,Bakar in Croatian Littoral 

2.1918 card ftom T-Boot 16 to Machinenschule in Pola , from Felpost 267 in Cattaro Bay

K.u.K Marinefeldpost Destroyers and Torpedogunboats

  K.u.K Marinefeldpost Destroyers and Torpedogunboats

Torpedogunboats: crew : cca.60-80
SMS Blitz
SMS Komet 
SMS Meteor

SMS Magnet

SMS Satellit

SMS Trabant 

SMS Planet 

Destroyers:  crew: cca.65-100
SMS Balaton
SMS Csepel
SMS Lika
SMS Lika-2
SMS Orjen
SMS Tatra
SMS Triglav
SMS Triglav-2
SMS Dinara
SMS Csikós
SMS Pandúr
SMS Réka
SMS Warasdiner
SMS Turul
SMS Velebit
SMS Huszár
SMS Streiter
SMS Ulan
SMS Wildfang
SMS Uskoke
SMS Scharfschütze
SMS Dukla
SMS Uszkok

Card to Dubrovnik from Sms Blitz, Marinefeldpost handwritten, Dienststempel . Date 24.02 , but year unreadable..possibly 1916.

7.1916 card with cancal  MFP and Dienststempel Sms Planet

3.1916 card sent Loco in Pola from Sms Trabant, MFP cancel , Dienststempel Trabant and Feldpost cancel  that was used on sms Trabant.

8.1916 card from Sms Balaton to Sms Admiral Spaun written in Croatian language, Bordstempel.

9.1914 Sms Tatra Bordstempel, handwritten Feldpost

12.1914 card to Zagreb from Sms Reka, Bordstempel ,handwritten marine feldpost

4.1917  half of the card sent to Sušak, Croatia from Sms Scharfschutze, MFP cancel, Bordstempel and oval Dienststempel present.

11.1916 card to Split from Sms Ulan mailed via civilian post office Šibenik, Dienststemple .

K.u.K Marinefeldpost -Cruisers

K.u.K Marinefeldpost -Cruisers

Crew number listed is approximate , variations exist. 

MFP-Pola  - Mairinefeldpostamt Pola cancel. 

Panther class Torpedo cruisers : crew 198

SMS Leopard

SMS Panther

1915. SMS Leopard  Bordstemepel in violet+ MFP Pola

3.1915 card to Kostrena Sv.Barbara  near Bakar ,Croatian littoral from SMS Leopard  Bordstempel

Kaiser Franz Joseph I. class Torpedo cruisers

  SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth - no known Fledpost in WW1.

    SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I.- crew 367

9.1916 cart to Trieste from  SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I. Bordstempel

 Armoured cruisers

     SMS Sankt Georg -crew 621

    SMS Kaiser Karl VI. - crew 582

    SMS Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia -crew 476

2.1915 card to Vela Luka (Valle Grande ) island of Korčula , Dalamatia , 

from   SMS Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia ,  Bordstemepel

1914. Bordstmepel - Kaiser Karl VI in violet. Date vertically written.

10.1916. Bordstmepel - Kaiser Karl VI in black. Date horizontally written.

19.11.1914. Bordstmepel - Sankt Georg. 

Marinepost-Sammelstelle was set up on 14.11.1914, five days later this card was mailed and marked Marinefeldpost (  very early hand writing) 

Zenta class protected  cruisers: crew 300

 SMS Szigetvar 

    SMS Aspern

    SMS Zenta 

12.1914 SMS Aspern , Bordstempel

4.1915, provisional Marinefeldpostamt cancel,  SMS Sziget :  Feldpost line cancel , Dienststemepel and Bordstemepel

Admiral Spaun and Improved Admiral Spaun class  cruisers : crew 330-340

SMS Admiral Spaun

    SMS Novara 

    SMS Helgoland

    SMS Saida 

7.1916 Admiral Spaun Bordstempel+ MFP Pola

1.1918 card to Zagreb, Zensurstempel SMS Saida +MFP Pola.

6.1918 card to Zagreb, Zensurstempel SMS Saida +Fp.267 Etappenpost K.u.K Army in Cattaro Bay

                             7.1917 card to Zagreb,  SMS Schiff Saida +MFP Pola.

12.1917 card to Zagreb from SMS Novara ,Bordstempel , without MFP-Pola.

4.1917 card to Zagreb from SMS Helgoland ,Bordstempel ,  MFP-Pola.   

K.u.K Marinefeldpost - Battleships

K.u.K Marinefeldpost - Battleships

Crew number listed is approximate , variations exist. 

MFP-Pola  - Mairinefeldpostamt Pola cancel.

Tegetthoff class (crew - 1097)

SMS Szent Istvan 

SMS Prinz Eugen 

SMS Tegetthoff 

SMS Viribus Unitis

3.1915 card from SMS Viribus Unitis to Otočac,Lika , Croatia. 

Bordstempel+MFP Pola.

7.1917 card  from SMS Szent Istvan to Zagreb, Croatia .

Dienststempel+MFP Pola.

6.1917 card from Prinz Eugen to Totmegyer(today Palarikovo Slovakia) sent by Marko Grozdić to his mother. Bordstemepel + MFP Pola

6.1918 card from SMS Tegetthoff , to Osijek ,Slavonia ,Croatia. 

 Zensurstempel+MFP Pola.

1.1917 card from SMS Tegetthoff to Pakrac, Slavonia, Croatia. 

Dienststempel+ MFP Pola

2.1915  card from SMS Tegetthoff to Kamenari,Boka Kotorska, Dalmatia ,Croatia. Mailed via Pola1 post office. round Tegetthoff Dienststempel  , Zensuriert cancel not listed in Kalis/Kohl.

   

Radetzky class (crew - 890)

SMS Zrínyi

SMS Radetzky 

SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand

6.1917 card from SMS Radetzky to Otočac ,Lika Croatia. 

Boxed Radetzky Dienststempel+MFP Pola.

7.1918 another version of Boxed Radetzky Dienststempel+MFP Pola. 

8.1916  Radetzky Bordstempel+MFP Pola. 

12.1914 card from SMS Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand to Blato, Korčula island, Dlamatia.  

Bordstempel but without Pola-1 cancel as it was mailed via Marinepost-Sammelstelle

Habsburg class-predreadnoughts (crew -630)

SMS Babenberg

SMS Arpad

SMS Habsburg 

3.1917 Bordstempel from SMS Babenberg + MFP Pola

12.1916 card to Zagreb from SMS Arpad , round Dienststempel+ MFP Pola.

10.1914 card to Zagreb from SMS Arpad  

Bordstempel but without Pola-1 cancel as it was mailed via Marinepost-Sammelstelle

12.1914 card to Zagreb from SMS Arpad  

Bordstempel but without Pola-1 cancel as it was mailed via Marinepost-Sammelstelle

4.1917 card to Pakrac ,Croatia from SMS Habsburg, Zensurstempel+MFP Pola

6.1917 card to Pakrac ,Croatia from SMS Habsburg, Zensurstempel+MFP Pola

5.1917 card to Pakrac ,Croatia from SMS Habsburg, Dienststempel+MFP Pola

3.1917 card to Pakrac ,Croatia from SMS Habsburg, Bordstempel+MFP Pola

    

Monarch class - coast defence battleships (crew-423)

SMS Monarch 

SMS Budapest

SMS Wien

11.1916 Bordstempel SMS Budapest + Zensurtempel , without  MFP-Pola cancel

blank  card with  SMS Wien  Bordstempel  6.3.1915

12.1916 card to Zagreb from SMS Budapest , Bordstempel without  MFP-Pola cancel

11.1916 card to Zagreb from SMS Monarch , Bordstempel  and Dienststempel

without  MFP-Pola cancel or Fp.267 cancel as  Monarch was in Boka Kotorska .

Erzherzog Karl class- predreadnoughts(crew 748)

SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max 

SMS Erzherzog Karl 

SMS Erzherzog Friedrich

12.1914 card to Ivo Jakulić medical student in Graz from SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max ,in Croatian language . Bordstempel

12.1914 SMS Erzherzog Ferdinand Max Bordstempel

9.1917 card to Petrovaradin ,Croatia from SMS Erzherzog Karl, Zensurstempel+MFP-Pola

1.1916  SMS Erzherzog Karl , Bordstempel+MFP-Pola

5.1916 card to  Ilok ,Croatia from SMS Erzherzog Karl, Bordstempel+MFP-Pola

12.1915 card from SMS Erzherzog Friedrich to Budapest Hungary ,card printed specially for this ship.

Local defence battleships

SMS Mars (crew-578)

SMS Kronprinz Erzhezog Rudolf (crew 447)

 SMS Kronprinzessin Erzherzogin Stephanie (from 1910 hulk ,with mine warfare school in Pula)

3.1918 card to Vinkovci ,Croatia from SMS Mars , 

Zensurstempel+MFP-Pola and arrival cancel Vinkovci.

7.1917 card to Petrovaradin ,Croatia from SMS Mars , 

Zensurstempel and oval  Dienststempel +MFP-Pola and arrival cancel Petrovaradin