Kev in Deva Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Hallo Gents I have recently obtained three 1916 dated postcards from a chap in the K. u. k Gebirgskanonenbatterie 2/18 these are unusual in that they are folding types, double the normal postcard size showing a place called HOCHENEGG.There is a lot of penciled info on them, but its in Hungarian if I re-size the pictures detail is lost,can I send them to anybody by email who would be kind enough to post them, and get a translation?Many thanks, Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 (edited) Ken,Send them to me and I'll post them. Hungarian handwriting may be too hard for me but possibly Hunyadi or one of my friends here in Budapest can help.There is a Hochenegg in Austria. Look it up on Google maps.Regards,Gordon Edited June 1, 2009 by Gordon Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 Ken,Send them to me and I'll post them. Hungarian handwriting may be too hard for me but possibly Hunyadi or one of my friends here in Budapest can help.There is a Hochenegg in Austria. Look it up on Google maps.Regards,GordonHi Gordon, thanks for the offer to help, email sent.Kevin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IMHF Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Can't wait to see them Lorenzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 (edited) Kevin,The email with the photos has never arrived. Please try again using gordon.craig@sympatico.ca Regards,Gordon Edited June 3, 2009 by Gordon Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Kevin,The postcard pictures arrived ok this time. I printed them out and tried to do some translations but the writing is very faint and it would take a native speaking Hungarian to understand what is said on the cards. It is much to big a task for me to take on, espcially right now. I am reluctant to ask a friend to do this much translating but perhaps someone can give me an abridged version of what each card says. It is probabaly just general info from a man away from home and probably won't contain much historical data. Here is some general info I have gleaned from the cards,They are dated 1 March, 1916, 4 May, 1916 and May 1917. They all open with the salutation "Kedves Vera" (Dear Vera) who is Kabos Vera who lives in Temesv?r, Hungary. As you said earlier, they all come from Hochenegg which is just across the Hungarian border in Austria and doesn't appear to be located in any major battle areas. I was unable to find anything on the net about the regiment the sender was in. The senders name is not readable on any of the cards.Time to post the cards.Regards,Gordon1 March, 1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 4 May, 1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Craig Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 May, 1917 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IMHF Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Very nice what is on the other side of all the beautiful writting???Lorenzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 Very nice what is on the other side of all the beautiful writting???LorenzoView of HOCHENEGG. 1. this view features on two of the items.Kevin in Deva. :beer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 The other card:-A Google search brings up a lot of medical related items concerned with the name,perhaps it was a Rest & Re-cooperation centre for wounded?Kevin in Deva. :beer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IMHF Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Thank you:Lorenzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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