1.1916 K.u.K 79.Inf.Rtg to Zagreb

 

15.01.1916 K.u.K feldpost card from 79.Infantry Regiment to Zagreb, mailed via Fp.111 used by 7.Infantry Division on Galician Front . In August 1916 Regiment moved from Russian to Italian front on Isonzo river.

6.1944 - 42.Jäger division to Wien

 01.06.1944 official registered letter from Fp.09369 used by Verwaltungs-Kompanie 142 of the 42.Jäger division. Mailed via Felpostamt 530 in Zagreb using Kenn number 176. Arrival cancel Wien 03.06.1944.  That June 42.Jager division moved from Croatia to Italy.

6.1944 Zagreb to 7.lovačka pukovnija

 10.06.1944 registered letter mailed from Zagreb to 3.company 1.battalion 7.jäger(hunting) regiment.( 3.sat.1.bojna.7.lovačka pukovnija.). Arrival cancel Banja Luka 12.06.1944.

7.lovačka pukovnija was part of 4.lovački zdrug (4.jager brigade) ,in late 1944 brigade bacome part of 4.Croatian division.

1917 K.u.K Marinefeldpost to Zagreb

 22.07.1917 K.u.K  Merinefeldpost from SMS Viribus Unitis to Zagreb.  Zensuriert cancel in red colour  and KuK Marinfeldpost Pola on front of cover. Arrival cancel Zagreb at the back cover, content of letter are usual greetings.

01.01.2023 Croatia in Schengen area and in Euro zone , Happy new year!

 01.01.2023 Croatia in Schengen area and joins Euro zone!  Happy new year!

Although I will miss our kuna currency, new era beggins for better or for worse. Since 1918 and collapse of Austro-Hungary there was a border with Hungary and with Slovenia for last 30 years, border is now gone.

To mark this i will post on blog an interesting letter pictured above, though not a feldpost.

13.10.1942 official letter from Croatian-German commision for Borders, mailed from Croatian delegation to Velika župa( county of) Zagorje in Varaždin, arrival cancel at the back. Very rare Commisions cancel in red.

2.1943 - 373.Kroatische Tiger division to Reich.

 27.02.1943 official letter mailed from Fp.05367 - 2. Fahrkolonne Infanterie-Divisions-Kolonne 373. (Kroat.) . This was the time of  373. Croatian Tiger division formation. Interestingly letter was mailed by using registered mail of civilian Reich postal services and not by Feldpost service. Mailed from Eschsenbach to Liegnitz

12.1915 KuK Seeflugstation Pola to Zemun

 07.12.1915 Pula, Istra, Croatia postcard mailed as  Kuk feldpost card to Zemun in Srijem,  Slavonia. Text written In Croatian language. Mailed via Kuk Marinefeldpostamt from Kuk Seeflugstation, based on Sv.Katarina island in Pula harbour.

8.1944 - XIV.ŽESTRA BOJNA to Zemun, Croatia.

 01.08.1944 letter from XIV.Žestra Bojna (14th Railway protection battalion) to Zemun, NDH. Latter was mailed via Regular Postal service, but on the back of the paper sheet units cancel was placed, such cancels are very rare. 

Letter contents are very interesting , unit was guarding Johovac Railway station near Doboj  and an attack by allied airplanes is described with 20 dead and 50 wounded soldiers and civilians. 

4.1943 187. Reserve-Division to Wien

 3.4.1943 official registered letter from Fp.37586A (Stab-Reserve-Grenadier-Bataillone I./130) of 187.Reserve-Division to Wien.  Mailed via Felpostamt 530 stationed in Agram that used Kenn number 176, visible in Feldpost cancel. Fp.Amt 530 served AOK 12 later Heeresgruppe E units stationed in Croatia.

10.1914 K.u.K card Lst.Inf.Rgt No.5 to Montona(Motovun) Istra

12.10.1914. KuK feldpost card mailed from civilian post office Pola 2  by a member of Landsturm Infanterie Regiment Pisino No.5 card to Montona( Motovun in Istria). Both sender and recipient have Croatian surnames (and Italian names)  but card is written in Italian language. Croats made up to 40% of Landst.Inf Rgt 5. whose Recruting area included Istra and Kvarner islands, but due to historic reasons a lot of Croats there used Italian language for communication.

5.1941 - letter Zagreb to 4.bataljun 1.pohodne pukovnije in Sarajevo

 

29.05.1941 registered letter from Zagreb to Lt. Mirko Bogić stationed in army barracks "Jajce" in Sarajevo.  He was a member of 4.bataljun 1.pohodne pukovnije - 4th battalion of 1. marching regiment. 

After NDH was formed on 10.04.1941 , new croatian army(Domobranstvo) was formed.  Stationary battalions(posadni bataljuni) in cities were raised as garrisons and marching(mobile) battalions (pohodni bataljuni) were raised to be moved in the country as needed. In total 22 marching battalions were raised until 7.1941 when Domobranstvo was reformed.

4.pohodni bataljon was raised in Karlovac then moved to Sarajevo, in July 1941 it became part of Vojna Krajina, a special military district in NDH on eastern border with Serbia, on Drina river.

Mirko Bogić after the war settled in Slovenia and become one of great nautical sailors of Former Yougoslavia , he died in 2016 being 100 years old , he was born and  buried in Šibenik , Croatia.  In 1936 he finished naval military academy in Kingdom of Yugoslavia and joined new Croatian army in 1941 . One article on Internet mentiones that during his service in Bosnia  while stationed in Goražde  he used to row a canoe on Drina river, this fact matches data that 4.pohodni bataljun became part of Vojna Krajina on Drina river.

9.1944 - Feldeisenbahn Betriebs Abteilung 22 to Reich.

13.09.1944 rare  registered official cover mailed from Fp.26248 - Feldeisenbahn Betriebs Abteilung 22 to St.Polten. Miled via Feldpostamt 530 stationed  in Zagreb using Kenn number 176. 

3.1916 - K.u.K Inf.Rgt 79 to Zagreb

 13.03.1916  feldpost card from Maschinengewehrabteilung No.1 of 79.Infantry regiment to Zagreb. Mailed via Fp.111 used by 7.Infantry division , division was mostly Croatian at that time.  79.Inf.rgt was until  8.1916 on Russian front then moved to Italian front.