First World War postcards

[Eduardo]

I have just bought this card. The picture was taken in the Ardenes but cannot point out when was it taken Enselborn was specially important during WW II but this one seems to be from the Great War. I cannot read what seems like a date in the upper part and of cours the hadwritting which, bsides being in Gernan is very clear. Could someone help please?

Eduardo

[Guest Rick Research]

I see what you see which is-- illegible pencil faded away.

When you get a new scanner, get an EPSON. Do not buy ANY other kind or you are simply throwing your money away.

[Eduardo]

Thanks Rick for the advice. I will follow it ASAP.

Eduardo

[Eduardo]

I have now the reverse of the Elsenborn card. It has a 1910 German stamp. I understood that Elsenborn was in Liege province in Belgium. Why German stamp in 1910?

Eduardo

[speedytop]

Hi Eduardo,

"I understood that Elsenborn was in Liege province in Belgium. Why German stamp in 1910?"

That is part of the French-Belgium-German history:

Till 1795 the area was Luxemburgish.

1795 to 1814 the area was French.

1814 to 1920 the area was German.

1920 to 1940 the area was Belgium.

1940 to 1944 the area was annexed by the German.

1944 till present it is Belgium.

The official language in this Belgium municipality is German!

Regards

Uwe

[Eduardo]

Thanks Uwe. Then the postcard ws made in German times.

Eduardo

[Eduardo]

Here I include, hopefully, two cards. The first one is of some prisioners and the second one shows german soldiers in front of the restaurant "Cigne d' Argent" at the grand place in Brussels.

Eduardo

[Chris Boonzaier]

Great to see more being added to the thread.

A superb collecting field!

[Eduardo]

A view of the destroyed third gun of the Wilhelm II bateria at Knocke, Belgium. Could someone tell me more of how this baterie was destroyed and whem?

Thanks in advance.

Eduardo

[Eduardo]

Sorry will try to make a smaller scan. Seems it is too heavy. Eduardo

[keke]

Merci Eduardo

For all those beautiful maps, that my to give desire to revisitted those places

histirique.

Thank you as for the last map , Ans , Liège, who are towns of my infancy

Edited May 11, 2010 by keke

[IrishGunner]

This thread has been dormant too long! Time to get back to posting those WWI postcards everyone! I've recently put a lot in the Imperial section related specifically to artillery uniforms, but I know there are a lot more post cards out there without a specific theme... Here's a sketch of Hindenburg...no decorations.

(Of course, I have it my collection because it has a feldpost stempel for 4. Rekr. Depot FAR 22 on the reverse )

[IrishGunner]

This one is interesting as it shows French soldiers captured by the Germans. The German caption calls them Frenchmen and Turks; however, the other soldiers are really French Zouaves from North Africa. The French regiment is the 26ème Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne. This regiment participated in the Bataille de Morhange in Lorraine in August 1914; since the post card was printed in Metz, I suppose these are some of the first French prisoners taken in the war. The card is also dated 8 Dec 1914 and mailed by a soldier in the German Feld-Artillerie Regiment Nr. 25 to Hessen. FAR 25 as part of 25. Division was in Stellungskämpfe in northern France by that time (coincidentally, so was the French 26. Infantry Regiment).

[IrishGunner]

One would think that this lovely lady sent her photo to her lover at the Front. However, curiously, this card was sent by a soldier in the 2. Lothringisches Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr.34 to a Fraulein on the home front. I've posted the reverse in case anyone can translate the note to find out exactly why he sent this lovely lady to a lady.

[speedytop]

Hi,

there is nothing about the picture of the girl. I think, that she (Grete Linneborn) sent him (Josef Mertens) several pictures of herself, and he sent one of them back?

Text:

Die herzlichsten Grüße sendet Ihnen noch gesund und munter Jos. Mertens.

Viele Grüße an Ihre Eltern und Ihre Schwester Else.

Mein Bruder war gestern hier.

Uwe

[IrishGunner]

Uwe, thanks! If that's Grete, Josef was one lucky Kanonier!

[IrishGunner]

This is a common, often-seen, generic post card of a German field artillery battery moving forward...this is one of the most common artillery post cards I see; probably distributed across the entire Army. This one has the feldpost stempels of "Leichte Munitions Kolonne Feld-Artillerie Regiment Nr. 61" and the "25. Inf. Div."

[IrishGunner]

Another very common, often-seen post card of German artillery in the Priesterwald. This one has the stempel of Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 21. The gun is the 15cm sFH 02

[IrishGunner]

The effects of artillery... The bombed out village of Rethel in the Ardennes department in northern France.

[Odulf]

A stange patriotic postcard, stressing that Germany is innocent in the World War. A reply to an accusation?

The postamp is 2 September 1915, sent by an Artillery man from the Guards Depot II Foot-Artillery-Regiment in Döberitz

[Jock Auld]

Standard romantic cards sets?

Jock:)

[IrishGunner]

This might be the first Italian card in the thread... An Italian Army field post card from the 3° Reggimento Alpini to Milan dated 27 June 1916

[IrishGunner]

A very common British post card showing an artillery battery moving through the ruins of Ypres. It's difficult to tell, but I believe the artillery piece is an Ordnance QF 4.7 inch Gun.

[Jock Auld]

patriotic cards.

Jock:)

[Chris Boonzaier]

Those are some nice cards Jock!!