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Army
Generals
38-888 COLORIZED
POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von HINDENBURG.
This is a colorized postcard of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg
(1847-1934). He is wearing a dunkel-blau (dark-blue) tunic, with
epaulettes, a ribbon bar, breast star, and two neck orders. Von Hindenburg
achieved fame early in WW I, defeating the Russians at Tannenberg on the
Eastern Front. He later commanded the entire German Army. He became the
President of the Weimar Republic in the 1920's. He ultimately was forced to
accept Adolf Hitler as his Chancellor. Upon von Hindenburg’s death in 1934,
Hitler assumed control of Germany and the Third Reich was born. This postcard
was mailed from Austria during WW I.
$15.00
43-02
COLOR POSTCARD - PAUL von HINDENBURG.
Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg appears in full dress uniform. The reverse reveals the postcard was mailed in 1915 from Peine. $15.00
43-03 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard shows Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg and his deputy, General der Infanterie Erich Ludendorff, in the field. They are studying a map together as airplanes and a zeppelin fly overhead. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from Hannover in 1915. $15.00
43-04 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG - GENERAL der INFANTERIE ERIC LUDENDORFF.
This color postcard shows Germany’s top military commander, Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg, in uniform. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1917. $15.00
43-05 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard honors Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934). He was Germany’s top WW I commander, then served as President of Germany during the Weimar Republic. Adolf Hitler was his Chancellor until von Hindenburg’s death in 1934. $15.00
43-06 POSTCARD - REICHSPRÄSIDENT PAUL VON HINDENBURG.
This color postcard shows Generalfeldmarschall (GFM) Paul von Hindenburg in full dress uniform from the chest up. He is wearing a number of orders and decorations, as well as an extensive medal bar. While he is identified as a GFM, he is also identified as a Generloberst. Von Hindenburg began the war as a Generaloberst. After his successes on the Eastern Front, he was promoted to Generalfeldmarschall. A kriegsflagge appears on his image’s left. He is identified as the Eastern Armies’ leader on its right. $15.00
43-07 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard shows Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg in uniform with a visor cap from the chest up. In the upper right corner we see an Iron Cross. We see him identified as the leader of the armies in the East. The postcard was mailed from Hannover in 1915. $15.00
43-08 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard shows Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. He is in uniform, framed within laurel leaves. The wreath features both an Iron Cross and a PLM. At its bottom is a generalfeldmarschall’s baton. A partial message is written on the obverse. The reverse shows it was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. It is postmarked "Allenstein." The stamp suffered a partial bleed from the reverse to the obverse. $15.00
43-09 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard hails Generaloberst (his early war rank) Paul von Hindenburg. At the postcard’s top is "Unsere Helden (Our Hero)." Below that is von Hindenburg’s oval likeness, framed by a leafy wreath. Below it is a PLM. Below that his victories in the East and at Tannenberg (before his promotion to Generalfeldmarschall) are listed. The reverse indicates the postcard was mailed from Hannover in 1915. $15.00
43-10 POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard hails Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg for his success against the Russians near Warsaw. His likeness appears within an oval inset wreathed with laurel leaves. Below this we see German troops fighting Russian cavalry. The reverse indicates it was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915 by a man assigned to a cavalry division. $15.00
43-11 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard shows a likeness of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. Below that German cavalrymen (Dragoons) rout fleeing Russian infantry. Its reverse reveals it was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. $15.00
43-14 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard displays Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg and a patriotic quote attributed to him. Its reverse shows it was mailed from Kiel in 1915. $15.00
43-15 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This is a wonderful color postcard, with Generalfeldmarschall (GFM) Paul von Hindenburg’s formal portrait. He is wearing a general’s pickelhaube with its canvas cover. He sports a medal-bedecked, feldgrau uniform under his overcoat. In his left hand he holds a GFM’s interim staff. The reverse shows it was mailed from Fuhlen as a Feldpostkarte in 1915 . $15.00
43-16 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard comes from a charcoal sketch of Generalfeldmarschall (GFM) Paul von Hindenburg. He wears a GFM’s uniform, complete with Breast Star, PLM, and medal bar. This likeness dates from the 1914/1915 period. The postcard was produced for the Red Cross’s benefit. $15.00
43-17 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard shows Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg and his ever-present deputy, General der Infanterie Erich Ludendorff, standing in front of a train. The postcard was mailed from Oldenburg in 1916. $15.00
43-18 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG - GENERAL der INFANTERIE ERICH LUDENDORFF.
43-19 PAUL VON HINDENBURG=JUGENDHERBERGE - HANNOVER.
This postcard depicts the Paul von Hindenburg Jugendherberge (youth hostel) in Hannover. It was located near the Maschsee, an artificial lake in a section of Hannover. The Maschsee was created in the 1930's. A pencil-written note on the back appears to have a 1939 date. It has also been stamped with a saying, "Erfülle Deine Luftschutzpflicht! (Fulfill your Anti-aircraft Duty!)." So, it apparently dates from early in WW II. $10.00
This postcard shows Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg flanked by two younger versions of himself. The "elder" von Hindenburg is wearing a pickelhaube and a uniform brimming with medals. Below this image are the dates 1914/1915, and mention that he was awarded the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class and the Orden Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves (a VERY rare representation of this SECOND PLM award). On the left, a younger von Hindenburg is also wearing a pickelhaube, with mention of the Red Eagle Order 4th Class with Swords’ award when he was a leutnant. To the right we see another "younger" von Hindenburg wearing a visor cap. This mentions that he was awarded the 1870 Iron Cross 2nd Class as an oberleutnant during the 1870/1871 Franco-Prussian War. The reverse shows the postcard was mailed from Hannover in 1915. $15.00
43-20 POSTCARD - OLD GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG - YOUNG LEUTNANT von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard serves as a salute (Heil Hindenburg) to Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. From writing on obverse of the postcard’s edge, we see it was sent with mention of Infanterie-Regiment Nr 46. The reverse shows it was mailed as a Feldpostkarte. $15.00
43-21 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard shows an inset of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg and the "Villa Hindenburg" in Hannover. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from Hannover in 1918. $15.00
43-22 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
43-23 HINDENBURG POSTCARD. This postcard features four small photographs of high-relief, cast sculptures on The Iron Fist Monument. It is titled, "Reliefs von Monument der eisernen faust. Entworfen und modelliert von Fritz Richter-Eisner. Gestiftet und gegossen von Oscar Gladenbed G. M. B. H. (The Iron Fist Monument Reliefs. Sketched and modeled by Fritz Richter-Eisner. Donated and cast by Oscar Gladenbed GMBH)." Each of the four high-relief cast sculptures has a stanza of verse beneath it. The stanzas are translated as follows,
"The grimmest of all wars
promised us shame and death.
Then you aroused the people's
sacred need for victory.
The evil world vomits its poison
out of many throats,
The fist conquers the dragon,
if you are a sun-hero.
Only then are you worthy in peacetime,
And you never neglected to
forge German goods into
the Fatherland’s sword.
As men quarreled outside
the woman also was in the field.
You have fought and suffered,
Come home an Iron hero."
It was written by a Dr. Bruno Wille. A message is written on the reverse. It also reveals it was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1916.
$15.00
43-24
POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
43-25
COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
43-26 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG AND GENERAL von HÖTZENDORF.
This color postcard shows a joint postcard of German Generalfeldmarschall von Hindenburg and Austrian General Hötzendorf studying maps. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. $15.00
43-27
COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
43-28
COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
43-29
COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
43-30 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This is an unusual postcard. It shows Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg in the field, surveying the terrain with his staff members. I find the entire scene’s pinkish cast particularly interesting. It suggests either an early morning sunrise or a late afternoon sunset. $15.00
43-31 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG’S MONUMENT.
This postcard shows the massive monument to Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. From the Berlin-located monument’s looks, I estimate it stands some 50-75 feet tall. It was referred to as "Eisernen Hindenburg (Iron Hindenburg)." $15.00
43-32 POSTCARD - REICHSPRÄSIDENT PAUL von HINDENBURG - 80th BIRTHDAY.
This postcard celebrates Paul von Hindenburg’s 80th birthday. He was the Weimar Republic’s President at the time (2 October 1927). The presidential palace appears below von Hindenburg’s portrait. $15.00
43-33 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This is a very touching color postcard that shows three young children admiring Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg’s framed portrait. The postcard was mailed from Kiel in 1916. $15.00
43-34 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
In this postcard we see Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. He has an overcoat over his uniform, which displays many orders and decorations. Below his portrait is "Unser Hindenburg (Our Hindenburg)." The postcard was produced for the German Red Cross’s benefit. A message is written on the reverse, but it was never mailed. $15.00
43-35 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard shows Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. It is an early war pose. He is standing beside his pickelhaube. The postcard was produced for a charity sponsored by von Hindenburg’s wife. $15.00
43-36 POSTCARD - REICHSPRÄSIDENT PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard shows both the President of the Weimar Republic Paul von Hindenburg and the presidential palace in Berlin. This postcard was mailed in Berlin in 1927. It is interesting to know that from WW I to 1927 the cost of mailing a postcard tripled! $15.00
43-37 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard shows a patriotic setting of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg, along with a new barracks at Jarotschin. A message is written on the reverse, but the postcard was never mailed. $15.00
43-38 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard shows Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg and his residence. This postcard was mailed in 1915v from Hannover. $15.00
43-39 POSTCARD OF GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL VON HINDENBURG.
This postcard shows a small oval photograph of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. It also shows his place of birth, which was over a shop. The reverse shows it was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915 from Posen. $15.00
43-40 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard comes from a painting. It shows Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. He is seen with German guards as Russian prisoners are being fed. The reverse shows it was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. $15.00
43-41 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
In this color postcard we see two young German children in holiday garb holding up a framed photograph of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. We also see Christmas greetings on the obverse. The reverse shows it was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. It is a very elaborate postcard with great attention to detail. It highlights the high quality of early-war postcards. $15.00
43-42 POSTCARD - REICHSPRÄSIDENT PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard shows Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934) as President of the Weimar Republic. He is in uniform, with a full array of orders, decorations, and a medal bar. He is holding a sword in one hand and a generalfeldmarschall’s interim baton in the other. This is a mourning card commemorating von Hindenburg. $15.00
43-43 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard shows a scene in East Prussia where Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg is hailed as a hero in East Prussia. The postcard was mailed from Austria. The message on the reverse begins with "Lieber (Dear) Fritz!" $15.00
43-44
COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
43-45 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG. This postcard depicts Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg as the Battle of Warsaw’s victor. The obverse displays the city of Warschau (Warsaw) against an oak leaf, complete with acorn. An oval portrait of von Hindenburg is in the upper left corner. The card has the title "Ein neues Ruhmesblatt unseres siegreichen Heeres (A glorious new chapter for our triumphant Armies)." On the bottom right are the words "Eroberung von Warschau, 5 August 1915 (Conquest of Warsaw, 5 August 1915)." The reverse has 288/18 August 1915/and an elaborate cypher ©, perhaps?) ink-stamped in its upper right corner. A small hole is punched into the reverse’s far left side’s middle. [We will show it in greater detail in the accompanying photographs].
$12.00
43-46 POSTCARD - PAUL VON HINDENBURG - OTTO VON BISMARCK.
This postcard shows both von Hindenburg and von Bismarck. It depicts von Hindenburg as a statesman rather than a soldier. $15.00
43-47 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard shows Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. It hails him as the "Befreier (Liberator)" of East Prussia. Below him German troops are chasing Russian troops into a lake or river. $15.00
43-48 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard shows von Hindenburg with the German national flag flying above him. The card also features laurel and oak leaves, as well as a 1914 Iron Cross. The reverse reveals the postcard was mailed from Augsburg, Bavaria in 1916. $15.00
43-49 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard shows Generalfeldmarschall von Hindenburg. Below him German troops are fighting Russian cavalry. The legend says "Russische Kavallerie wird bei Warschau über die Weichsel zurückgetrieben (Russian cavalry is driven back to Warsaw on the Vistula). It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from the 1st Battalion of 2. Infanterie-Regiment of 1. Infanterie-Division (Bavaria) in 1916. $15.00
43-50 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard shows von Hindenburg. Below him German troops are storming Lodz on the Eastern Front. The reverse shows it was mailed from Bavaria in 1915. $15.00
43-51 POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST PAUL von HINDENBURG. This postcard shows von Hindenburg in full dress uniform. He is hailed at the top as "Sedan’s Victor" in the East. He is being compared to Generalfeldmarschall von Moltke, the Battle of Sedan’s victor in the 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War. (Von Hindenburg was a young officer during that war).
$15.00
43-52 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard shows von Hindenburg in full dress uniform. Below his photo it reads "Deutscher Neujahrsgruß German (New Year’s Greetings)." A message is written on the reverse and signed on the obverse, although the postcard shows no signs of having been mailed. $15.00
43-53 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
I find this postcard of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg very appealing. He is flanked by the ghost-like images of Otto von Bismarck and Generalfeldmarschall von Moltke. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from Berlin in 1915. $15.00
43-54 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard has a portrait of von Hindenburg in dress uniform. He is in an oval frame flanked by oak leaf-bedecked torches. A similarly-adorned sword appears below the portrait. This was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1918. $15.00
43-55 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This is an interesting postcard of von Hindenburg. Below him on the left is a sketch of a blacksmith standing at his anvil with hammer in hand. The same man is shown again on the right as a soldier. The blacksmith, forge, and anvil are very important symbols throughout German history. Otto von Bismarck is often depicted with an anvil, forging Germany into a world power during the 1860's and 1870's. The country’s strength and power are celebrated with these images. Also on the obverse is a message from von Hindenburg, along with a reproduction of his signature. $15.00
43-56 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard of von Hindenburg comes from a charcoal sketch. In the sketch a giant von Hindenburg is reaching his arms around both German and Russian armies fighting on the battlefield. It shows the date 17 February 1915. On the reverse we see something very curious. The postcard is set up for use as a Feldpostkarte. It is cancelled for use by the 6. Armee and postmarked 29 March 1915, but it was never used! $15.00
43-57 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This color postcard shows a German soldier chiseling a statue of von Hindenburg. Only the head is completed. The rest of the granite pillar has yet to be chiseled. It is titled "An diesem Stein soll sich die Russenwelle brechen! (The Russian's wave is broken on this stone!)." $15.00
43-58 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG. This is a fine color postcard that shows a young boy looking up at von Hindenburg’s framed portrait. The caption reads "Hindenburg - das hast Du wieder fein gemacht! (Hindenburg - you have made it good again!)." It was mailed from Frankfurt as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. $15.00
This postcard shows von Hindenburg in uniform. He is wearing an extensive medal bar, as well as a PLM at his throat. He is also wearing a breast star and a 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class. Below his likeness is a dedication and a reproduction of von Hindenburg’s signature. The postcard was mailed in 1915. $15.00
43-78 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
43-59 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard shows von Hindenburg in dress uniform. Above him we see the German national flag, a kriegsflagge, and an Iron Cross. Below his portrait is a reproduction of his signature. $15.00
43-60 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This postcard shows von Hindenburg in a dress uniform. Over his head is "Unsere Helden (Our Hero)." Below his portrait the German cavalry is routing Russian infantrymen, who are fleeing for their lives. The reverse shows it was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from an Austrian Army unit. $15.00
43-61 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This is a postcard of Paul von Hindenburg. The general’s oval, framed portrait is on the obverse’s left. It is complete with a laurel leaf wreath and an Iron Cross at the top. To the portrait’s right is a patriotic poem saluting von Hindenburg. The poem, which cleverly plays with the meanings of "burg (fortress)," reads,Ortelsburg and Gilgenburg
Dazu als Sieger Hindenburg,
Das sind der Burgen drei
Aber die vierte ist auch dabei,
Die macht der Feinde Tun zum Spott:
Ein feste Burg ist Unser Gott.
[Ortelsburg and Gilgenburg [two places in East Prussia]
With victory for Hindenburg -
That makes three "Burgs" in all.
Nor is a fourth "Burg" wanting:
One that puts to shame the efforts of our enemies:
For "(Ein' feste Burg)A Mighty Fortress is our God."]
The reverse shows it was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from a military hospital in March 1915.
$15.00
This is a colorized postcard of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934). He is wearing a dunkel-blau (dark-blue) tunic, with epaulettes, a ribbon bar, breast star, and two neck orders. Von Hindenburg achieved fame early in WW I, defeating the Russians at Tannenberg on the Eastern Front. He later commanded the entire German Army. He became the President of the Weimar Republic in the 1920's. He ultimately was forced to accept Adolf Hitler as his Chancellor. Upon von Hindenburg’s death in 1934, Hitler assumed control of Germany and the Third Reich was born. $15.00
38-889 COLORIZED POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von HINDENBURG.
38-1392 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von
HINDENBURG.
This is a postcard of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934). He is seen wearing a feldgrau tunic and a neck order. Von Hindenburg achieved fame early in WW I, defeating the Russians at Tannenberg on the Eastern Front. He later commanded the entire German Army. He became the President of the Weimar Republic in the 1920's. He ultimately was forced to accept Adolf Hitler as his Chancellor. Upon von Hindenburg’s death in 1934, Hitler assumed control of Germany and the Third Reich was born. $15.00
38-892 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von HINDENBURG.
This is a postcard of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934). He is seen wearing a feldgrau tunic, with a ribbon for the Iron Cross 2nd Class. Von Hindenburg achieved fame early in WW I, defeating the Russians at Tannenberg on the Eastern Front. He later commanded the entire German Army. He became the President of the Weimar Republic in the 1920's. He ultimately was forced to accept Adolf Hitler as his Chancellor. Upon von Hindenburg’s death in 1934, Hitler assumed control of Germany and the Third Reich was born. This postcard was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in November 1914. $15.00
38-893 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von HINDENBURG.
38-1073 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL
PAUL von HINDENBURG.
This is a postcard of
Generalfeldmarschall, later President of the Weimar Republic, Paul von
Hindenburg.
$10.00
We have all seen photographs of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg during WW I, and as the President of Germany after WW I. This postcard shows Hindenburg as a young cadet in 1865 Berlin. $15.00
38-124 POSTCARD - PAUL von HINDENBURG - YOUNG CADET IN 1865 BERLIN.
38-1872 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von MACKENSEN.
Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen was one of the most successful and visible of the German generalfeldmarschalls. On this card, a charcoal sketch, he is wearing a visor cap. Below his likeness is a greeting and his reproduction signature. $20.00
38-1297 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL AUGUST von MACKENSEN.
Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen was one of the most successful and visible of the German generalfeldmarschalls. This card, a charcoal sketch, stars his stern visage. Below his likeness is a greeting and his reproduction signature. $20.00
38-1298 POSTCARD OF GENERALFELDMARSCHALL VON MACKENSEN.
38-1300 POSTCARD -
GENERALFELDMARSCHALL VON MACKENSEN.
Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen was one of Germany’s most successful
and visible generalfeldmarschalls. In this pose he is on a horse, watching a
troop of Austrians march before him. An Austrian general is mounted on a horse
beside him.
$20.00
August von Mackensen was one of Germany’s best-known, most able senior WW I commanders. He always will be remembered for his stern visage, and the Totenkopf-decorated busby he wore from 1. Leib-Husaren-Regiment Nr 1. This color postcard shows him in a general’s uniform. He is wearing the PLM at his neck. He has the ribbon for the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class in his buttonhole, and a 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class on his left breast. $20.00
38-1174 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von MACKENSEN.
38-1075 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL
AUGUST von MACKENSEN.
38-797 POSTCARD OF GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von MACKENSEN.
This postcard shows one of the best known and popular German general’s of WW I
Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen. This pose come from a painting of
him.
$15.00
38-740 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALLL AUGUST von MACKENSEN.
This postcard shows Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen.
$15.00
Generalfeldmarschall von der Goltz (1843-1916) was another officer who was returned to active duty when WW I began. He was briefly the military governor of Belgium. He then transferred to fight with the Turks. This pose shows him in uniform, with all of his decorations and orders. The postcard was mailed in 1915. $15.00
38-987 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von der GOLTZ.
38-1180 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von der GOLTZ. This is a
postcard of Freiherr Generalfeldmarschall von der Goltz. He was one of
several military commanders who retired before the beginning of WW I.
Because of their experience, men like Paul von Hindenburg and von der Goltz
were returned to active duty. He served in the East with the Turks, and died
before the war ended.
$15.00
$15.00
38-54 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL FREIHERR von der GOLTZ. This is a postcard of Generalfeldmarschall Freiherr von Goltz. He is seen in uniform, complete with a Black Eagle neck order and breast stars. He is also wearing a large ribbon bar that features his Combatant’s Award from the Franco-Prussian War, with three bars. On the ribbon bar, we also see an Iron Cross with a crown, which is probably an 1870 award. The crown part is unusual, but if you are a Generalfeldmarschall you will not have many people telling you what to do!
38-741 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALLL von der GOLTZ. This postcard
shows Generalfeldmarschall von der Goltz. He is seen in a
generalfeldmarschall’s dress uniform.
$15.00
38-1393 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von DER GOLTZ.
This is a postcard of Freiherr Generalfeldmarschall von der Goltz (1843-1916).
He is mounted on his horse. The postcard’s reverse shows it was mailed by
Feldpost in 1915, by an Infantry-Regiment Nr 358 soldier to a young
lady back home. Please keep in mind, before the WW I buildup only 181 old-line
infantry regiments existed!
$10.00
This is a postcard of Generalfeldmarschall Freiherr von der Goltz. He is mounted on a horse. $10.00
38-80 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL FREIHERR von der GOLTZ.
38-743 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALLL von BÜLOW.
This postcard was produced from a painting. It shows Generaloberst von Bülow in uniform. Below his image is a reproduction of his signature. $15.00
38-1394 POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST von BÜLOW.
38-1187 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL von BÜLOW.
Generalfeldmarschall Karl von Bülow (1846-1921) served in the German Army
during the 1866 Austro-Prussian War and in the 1870/71 Franco-Prussian War.
He commanded an Armee early in WW I (I. Armee). Along with
Generaloberst von Kluck (Commander of the II. Armee), he pressed the
French and British early in WW I, before the attack on Paris stalled. The
postcard comes from a painting. It shows von Bülow in uniform, wearing his
PLM. $15.00
This is a color postcard of Generaloberst von Bülow. He is wearing a general’s uniform and great coat. He is also wearing a PLM at his neck. His Iron Cross 2nd Class ribbon is visible as well. $15.00
38-1218 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST von BÜLOW.
38-1078 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST
von BÜLOW.
This is a colorized postcard depicting Generalfeldmarschall Gottfried Graf von Haeseler. Von Haeseler was well into his 80's when WW I began. He was WW I’s oldest general. He had come up from the cavalry as young man. He was often seen wearing the Ulanen’s ulanka and tschapka. In this pose, he is wearing a feldgrau tunic that features a Generalfeldmarschall’s crossed batons. He is wearing a PLM at his throat, and an Iron Cross ribbon in his tunic’s buttonhole. $15.00
38-709 COLORIZED POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL GOTTFRIED GRAF von HAESELER.
38-742 POSTCARD- GENERALFELDMARSCHALLL GOTLEIB GRAF von HAESELER.
This postcard shows Generalfeldmarschall Gotleib Graf von Haeseler. He was the
oldest German general of WW I. He is seen in a generalfeldmarschall’s uniform.
$15.00
38-1181 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL GOTFRIED
GRAF von HAESLER.
Generalfeldmarschall Gottfried Graf von Haesler was the oldest German general of WW I. He was, I believe he was 80 when the war began in 1914. He was a cavalry general, and had strong ties to Ulanen-Regiments. $20.00
12-458 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL GOTTFRIED GRAF von HAESELER.
38-1217 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL GRAF GOTFRIED von HAESLER. Gotfried Graf von Haesler was a Generalfeldmarschall when WW I began. He was also the oldest German general, well into his 80's. He is best known as an Ulanen. In this very interesting postcard, he is shown in an Ulanen general’s dress uniform. You can clearly see the generalfeldmarschall’s crossed batons on his epaulettes. Even rarer in this pose is the general’s tschapka. (Note the flowing plume he is wearing)! I have only seen one of these helmets in person. $15.00
38-1546 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL ALBRECHT GRAF von ROON. This is a fine postcard of Generalfeldmarschall Albrecht Graf von Roon (1803-1879). Von Roon gained a reputation not only as an able field commander, but as a genius of organization and planning. Much of his work led Prussia to create Europe’s best army. He was a field commander in the 1864 Danish-Prussian War and the 1866 Austro-Prussian War. He was a major planner for the 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War. Even today, he is revered as an important part of the Prussian and German Army’s development. $15.00
38-1549 POSTCARD - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ERNST GRAF WRANGEL. This is a postcard depicting Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Graf von Wrangel (1784-1877). As I read a quick biography on Wrangel, I was amazed at how long his military career lasted. He rose to an oberst’s rank in the Napoleonic Wars, and won an 1813 Iron Cross in that titanic battle. He served during the 1864 Danish-Prussian War, commanding German and Austrian troops against the Danes. He helped to modernize the Prussian cavalry, and Küraßier-Regiment Nr 3 was named in his honor. He was an amazing old “war horse.” $15.00
38-2089
POSTCARD - BERLIN MEMORIAL - GENERALFELDMARSCHALL GRAF von MOLTKE.
This postcard shows Generaloberst von Einem in a General of Küraßiers dress uniform. He is wearing the massive epaulettes of his rank. On the side table you can see his Küraßier helmet, complete with parade feathers. It is a very rare pose. He is also wearing a large medal bar, breast stars, and an Order of the Red Eagle 1st Class with Crown around his neck. $25.00
38-1476 POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST von EINEM.
38-1875 POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST von EINEM.
38-746 POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST von EINEM.
This postcard shows Generaloberst von Einem. He is seen in a general’s
uniform.
$15.00
38-1081 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERAL von
EINEM.
This is a color postcard of General von
Einem. He is shown from the chest up in this pose, which comes from a
painting. He is wearing a Crown Order at his neck.
$15.00
38-1479 POSTCARD - GENERAL von EINEM. This postcard shows General von Einem in a feldgrau uniform. He is also wearing a visor cap. He has a 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class pinned to his left breast and a Pour le Mérite at his throat. $15.00
38-1188 POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST von KLUCK. Alexander von Kluck
(1846-1934) served in both the 1866 Austro-Prussian War and the 1870/71
Franco-Prussian War. He commanded the II. Armee in the 1914 push on
Paris. He was forced to scale back his attack to protect von Bülow’s flank,
who was commanding the I. Armee. A patriotic poem appears below von
Kluck’s photo.
$15.00
Early in WW I the Western Front had a total of seven German armies. 7. Armee was commanded by Generaloberst Josias von Heeringen (1850-1926). In this marvelous color postcard, von Heeringen is in full dress uniform. On his tunic is a medal bar that shows an 1870 Iron Cross 2nd Class, with Twenty-Five-Year Oak Leaves. Sitting on a table beside him is his pickelhaube, with parade feathers. $20.00
38-1503 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST von HEERINGEN.
43-76 POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST von HEERINGEN. This postcard shows Generaloberst von Heeringen. He is wearing a pickelhaube. $15.00
38-745 POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST von HEERINGEN.
38-1876 POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST von HEERINGEN.
This is a postcard of Generaloberst von Heeringen. He is wearing a frock
coat with a neck order, the ribbon for the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd
Class, and the 1914 1st Class Iron Cross. He is also wearing a
general officer’s pickelhaube.
$15.00
38-1219 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERAL GRAF von BOTHMER. This color postcard depicts Bavarian General Graf von Bothmer. Bothmer was an able military commander. He led an Armee on the Eastern Front. $15.00
38-1083 POSTCARD - GENERAL GRAF FELIX
von BOTHMER.
General Conrad von Hötzendorf was the Austrian’s Chief of Staff. This is a colorized postcard that shows him in uniform from the chest up. $15.00
38-123 COLORIZED POSTCARD - AUSTRIAN GENERAL CONRAD von HÖTZENDORF.
This is colorized postcard of Generaloberst Conrad von Hötzendorff from Austria. I believe he was the Chief of Staff of the Austrian Army. He was also a winner of the PLM AND Oak Leaves. $15.00
38-55 COLORIZED POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST CONRAD von HÖTZENDORF - AUSTRIA.
38-1186 POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST ALEXANDER von LINSINGEN.
This is a black and white postcard that features an artistically enhanced reproduction of Generaloberst von Hausen’s studio portrait. $15.00
38-23 POSTCARD OF GENERALOBERST von HAUSEN.
This is a black and white postcard that features an artistically enhanced reproduction of Generaloberst von Woyrsch’s studio portrait. $15.00
38-24 POSTCARD OF GENERALOBERST von WOYRSCH.
38-1079 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERALOBERST von WOYRSCH.
This a finely executed pencil portrait of General der Infantrie von Lochow. He is wearing a 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class in the buttonhole of his tunic and a PLM at his throat. $15.00
38-30 POSTCARD - GENERAL der INFANTRIE von LOCHOW.
38-1874 POSTCARD - GENERAL der INFANTERIE von LOCHOW.
This is a postcard of a General der Infanterie von Lochow. He is wearing a
dress uniform, complete with epaulettes. On his tunic are several orders and
decorations from prewar Germany. He also has a medal bar. Unless my eyes
deceive me, one of the decorations was for action at the German colony of
Southwest Africa.
$15.00
38-747 POSTCARD - GENERAL der INFANTRIE von LOCHOW.
This postcard shows General der Infantrie von Lochow. He is wearing a
general’s dress uniform.
$15.00
38-65 COLORIZED POSTCARD - GENERAL der INFANTRIE von
BESELER. This is a colorized postcard of General
der Infantrie Hartwig von Beseler. Von Beseler was an early PLM-winner.
He received his in October 1914.
$15.00
This postcard shows a charcoal sketch of General von Beseler. He was an early general in the push through Belgium. He served as its military governor. The postcard was mailed as an Austrian Feldpostkarte. $10.00
38-1054 POSTCARD - GENERAL von BESELER.
38-1077 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERAL von
EMMICH.
38-21 POSTCARD - GENERAL von EMMICH.
Lüttich was the scene of bitter fighting early in WW I. This postcard shows the city and the German commander, General von Emmich, who commanded the German troops. $10.00
38-983 POSTCARD - GENERAL von EMMICH - LÜTTICH.
38-2106 POSTCARD - GENERAL der INFANTERIE von EMMICH.
38-2108 POSTCARD - GENERAL von EMMICH.
38-738 POSTCARD - GENERAL von BISSING. This
postcard shows General von Bissing, who served as the General-Gouverneur of
Belgium. He was also an à la Suite officer in the Regiment der Garde du
Corps.
$15.00
38-22 POSTCARD OF GENERAL der INFANTRIE von LINSINGEN. This is a black and white postcard that features an artistically enhanced reproduction of General der Infantrie von Linsingen’s studio portrait. $15.00
General der Infantrie Erich von Ludendorff was the chief of staff to Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg during WW I. He was a PLM-winner and PLM with Oak Leaves-winner. He was one of the few men to be awarded the 1914 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross. After WW I, he was involved in the Third Reich movement and participated in Munich’s 1923 "Beer Hall Putsch." As a result of the latter, Hitler was imprisoned for about a year, during which he wrote Mein Kampf. $15.00
38-122 POSTCARD - REPRODUCTION AUTOGRAPH - GENERAL der INFANTRIE ERICH von LUDENDORFF.
38-1345 POSTCARD - GENERALLEUTNANT LUDENDORFF. This postcard shows Erich Ludendorff. Ludendorff was von Hindenburg’s Chief of Staff in the East. [He held this post at the time this postcard was produced. He was later promoted to General der Infanterie, and was again Chief of Staff for the entire German Army]. He is wearing a PLM at his throat. He later received the Oak Leaves to the PLM, and was only one of five men to receive the 1914 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross. After WW I he lent his support to the Nazi party in its early days, and was involved in the ill-fated "Beer-Hall Putsch." A message is written on the obverse and reverse. $10.00
38-965
OVERSIZED COLOR POSTCARD - GENERAL ERICH LUDENDORFF.
$20.00
12-456 POSTCARD - GENERALLEUTNANT ERICH von LUDENDORFF. This is an interesting postcard of Generalleutnant von Ludendorff. It features a photo of him that has been placed inside of an oval frame. This has, in turn, been placed on a pedestal with his name on it. The postcard is in excellent condition.
12-457 POSTCARD - GENERALLEUTNANT ERICH von LUDENDORFF. This postcard of Generalleutnant von Ludendorff comes from a charcoal sketch. It features a reproduced dedication and his reproduced signature. The card was mailed in Berlin on 25 March 1918. It is in very fine condition. $20.00
This is a black and white postcard of a General von litzmann. He is wearing a PLM around his neck. $15.00
38-127 POSTCARD - GENERAL von LITZMANN.
38-793 POSTCARD OF GENERALLEUTNANT von FALKENHAYN.
This is a colorized postcard of General von Litzmann. He is wearing a PLM around his neck. $15.00
38-38 COLORIZED POSTCARD - GENERAL von LITZMANN.
38-1080 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERAL
GALLWITZ.
This color postcard shows General
Gallwitz. It was produced from a painting. It shows the general from the chest up, in uniform. He is
wearing a PLM around his neck.
$15.00
38-1241 POSTCARD - GENERAL FREIHERR von BISSING.
Arguably, Max Hoffmann (1869-1927) may have been the German Army’s finest staff officer. Early in the war he was on Generaloberst Paul von Hindenburg’s 8. Armee staff. He was the officer who developed the encircling strategy in which von Hindenburg’s vastly outnumbered 8. Armee crushed one Russian Army at the Battle of Tannenberg on 26-31 August 1914. Next they wheeled and trounced a second Russian Army at the Battle of Masurian Lakes on 9-14 September 1914. This devastating defeat earned Hindenburg a promotion to Generalfeldmarschall, cementing his reputation as WW I’s best German general. Unfortunately for Hoffmann, he received little credit for his strategy, while Hindenburg, and his deputy, Erich Ludendorff, gained great fame. After Hindenburg and Ludendorff transferred to the West, Hoffmann served under Bavaria’s Prinz Leopold on the Eastern Front. Leopold, a generalfeldmarschall and very able commander, controlled all the Central Powers’ eastern troops from 1916 until Russia sued for peace. Hoffmann remained quite bitter about the lack of recognition for his efforts after WW I. This postcard, NPG Nr 6348, shows the distinguished Hoffmann standing in his M-1915 Feldbluse Tunic. He is wearing a PLM at his throat, a VERY large ribbon bar that looks to be a good six-inches-wide, a 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class, and a Bavarian Offizierkreuz mit Schwerten, mit Flammen. It has been removed from a photo album. $15.00
43-69 POSTCARD - GENERAL MAX HOFFMANN.
$15.00
38-724 COLORIZED POSTCARD - STAFF OFFICER - BUSBY - FELDGRAU UNIFORM 1. LEIB-HUSAREN-REGIMENT Nr 1 - PRUSSIA. Postcard showing a staff officer from 1. Leib-Husaren-Regiment Nr 1. The regiment was formed in 1741. It was garrisoned in Danzig-Langfuhr, where it was attached to the XVII. ArmeeKorps. This was one of two Husaren-Regiments that Prussia fielded and which wore the Totenkopf. The regiment was famed as the one that Kronprinz Wilhelm and Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen with which were most closely associated. The man is seen in his feldgrau tunic, with his busby, and sword.
38-728 COLORIZED POSTCARD - STAFF OFFICER - HUSAREN-REGIMENT - HUNGRY. This postcard shows a staff officer from a Hungarian Husaren-Regiment. The man is seen in a blue attila and red trousers. He has a sword at his belt. $15.00
NCO'S & Enlisted Men
38-721 COLORIZED POSTCARD - SOLDIER -
SHAKO AND FELDGRAU
UNIFORM - SCHÜTZEN (FÜSILIER) REGIMENT Nr 108 - SAXONY.
38-723 COLORIZED POSTCARD -
GEFREITER - TSCHAPKA AND FELDGRAU
UNIFORM 1. ULANEN-REGIMENT - BAVARIA.
This postcard shows a soldier from 4. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß. The regiment was formed in 1860. It was garrisoned in Berlin, where it was attached to the GardeKorps. The man is in his feldgrau tunic with pickelhaube (complete with canvas cover) and Mauser. $15.00
38-725 COLORIZED POSTCARD - PICKELHAUBE AND FELDGRAU UNIFORM - 4. GARDE-REGIMENT zu FUß - PRUSSIA.
38-726 COLORIZED POSTCARD -
UNTEROFFIZIER- VISOR CAP AND DARK-BLUE UNIFORM
- KRAFTFAHR-BATTALION - PRUSSIA.
38-727 COLORIZED POSTCARD -
WACHTMEISTER - KUGELHELM - FELDGRAU
UNIFORM - ARTILLERIE-REGIMENT Nr 49 - WÜRTTEMBERG.
This postcard shows a Tyroler Kaiserjäger. The man is in a feldgrau uniform, wearing a shako, with his Mauser at his shoulder. $15.00
38-730 COLORIZED POSTCARD - TYROLER KAISERJÄGER.
Misc.
38-1266 RISQUÉ FRENCH PROPAGANDA POSTCARD - GERMAN "MACHINE-GUNNER." Without a doubt, this is one of the most entertaining postcards I have ever seen. It is really unique, and I do not use the term loosely in this case! The color postcard shows a German soldier, complete with his pickelhaube, pack and Mauser rifle, stooping beside a tree in a forest. He is clearly taking care of one of Life’s daily necessities. His face has a rather strained/pained look. If you look at his bottom, a string of sausages is coming out. Of course, I laughed when I first saw this, but I failed to notice the really humorous thing about the postcard. At the bottom of the card is a paper wheel. When one turns it, the string of sausages moves and disappears into the ground. It is quite clever AND vulgar. At the bottom of the postcard on the obverse is the legend "Mitrailleuse Allemande (German Machinegun)!!!" A penned English-language message is on the reverse, which does not appear to have been mailed. (It is addressed to someone in a military hospital). This one is good for a laugh when you share it with friends and fellow collectors. $60.00 New Translation!!
38-1885 POSTCARD - GENERAL JOFFRE - FRANCE. General Joffre was one of the leading French commanders during WW I. He appears here in his dress uniforms. $10.00
38-1886 POSTCARD - MARECHAL FOCH - FRANCE. This postcard is of Marechal Foch. He is in an everyday uniform. Below his name is a statement that proclaims him "Commander of the Allied Armies in the War in Europe 1914-1918." $10.00
38-1887 POSTCARD - GENERAL FOCH - FRANCE. This is a postcard of General Foch before he was promoted to Marechal. $10.00
38-1889 POSTCARD - GENERAL JOFFRE - PRESIDENT POINCARÉ - FRANCE. This postcard shows the President of France, Raymond Poincaré and General Joffre. $10.00
38-1890 POSTCARD - GENERALS DE CASTELNAU - JOFFRE - PAU - FRANCE. This postcard shows three French generals. They are De Castelnau, Joffre, and Pau. $10.00
38-1891 COLOR POSTCARD - GENERAL JOFFRE - FRANCE. This is a color postcard of General Joffre. It was mailed in 1915 within France. $10.00
38-1603 COLOR POSTCARD - GARDE-REGIMENT - BERLIN. This is a colorized postcard that shows one of the Garde Infantry Regiment in Berlin. He stands attention off the Unter den Linden. $15.00
This is a wonderful postcard that depicts an enlisted man from Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr 1. He is wearing the regiment’s high-parade mitre. This comes from a drawing rather than a photograph. The regiment’s cypher is in the postcard’s upper left corner. $20.00
38-1627 POSTCARD - ENLISTED MAN - KAISER ALEXANDER GARDE-GRENADIER-REGIMENT Nr 1 - PRUSSIA.
38-238 POSTCARD
OF A GERMAN OFFICER SHARING A CIGARETTE WITH A YOUNG RUSSIAN.
38-1034 POSTCARD - SOLDIER
- RAILROAD TIE.
This color postcard shows a German soldier who is a part of the elite Mountain Troops. Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, perhaps Germany’s most famous WW II general, was a member of the Mountain Troops. He won a PLM for his bold actions, which he also demonstrated over and over during WW II. $10.00
38-1031 COLOR POSTCARD - SOLDIER - MOUNTAIN TROOPS.
38-1207 POSTCARD - CEMETERY - RECENT GRAVES BEHIND CHURCH. This postcard shows a church graveyard. Many of the graves are recent. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. The postcard was mailed by a soldier attached to the 14. ReserveKorps. $10.00
38-1208 POSTCARD - BATTLE DAMAGE - CHURCH - BELGIUM. This postcard
shows battle damage to a church’s interior in the city of Mousson, Belgium.
It was produced in 1914 during the initial German push through Belgium to
reach France. Some writing appears on the postcard’s obverse. A small fold
shows in the lower left corner. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in
1916.
$10.00
This postcard shows a 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class, along with a patriotic poem. $15.00
38-1203 POSTCARD - 1914 IRON CROSS 2nd CLASS.
38-1205 POSTCARD - EXPLOSION AND BATTLE DAMAGE - CITY - GRANATE.
This is an interesting postcard which shows a combination of an explosion
and smoke coming from a building in the city of Granate. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. The postcard was mailed by a soldier attached
to the 14. ReserveKorps.
$10.00
38-1409 POSTCARD -
PLM-WINNER OTTO von der LINDE.
Otto von der Linde (1892-1984) was a young Prussian officer who entered the
army in 1913. He served in 5. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß. Early in WW I,
he and a small detail of men captured Ft. Malonne at Namur, Belgium. For
this act he received the Orden Pour le Mérite in September 1914.
$15.00
38-1058 POSTCARD - SOLDIER DREAMING
OF COMRADES.
This postcard shows the barracks and station of Telegraph-Battalion Nr 4, located in Karlsruhe. The unit was raised in 1907. Karlsruhe (located in Baden) was their home city. This was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1913 from one soldier to another. $10.00
38-1059 MILITARY BARRACKS - TELEGRAPH-BATTALION Nr 4 - KARLSRUHE.
This color postcards shows an older woman praying in front of a shrine. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. $10.00
38-1056 COLOR POSTCARD - OLDER WOMAN PRAYING.
This postcard was produced from a charcoal sketch. It shows five soldiers around a field stove, waiting for a meal to cook. The postcard was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1916 from Kompanie Nr 7, Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr 122 of Infanterie-Division Nr 4. $10.00
38-1057 POSTCARD - SEVERAL GERMAN SOLDIERS PREPARING MEAL AROUND COOK STOVE.
This color postcard shows the exterior and interior of the Music Hall Alfred Mayer in Stuttgart. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from a man who served in an aviation unit. $10.00
38-1053 COLOR POSTCARD - MUSIC HALL ALFRED MAYER - STUTTGART.
This postcard shows the gates of the famed city of Verdun. The postcard was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1917. The man who mailed it was attached to Artillerie-Flieger-Abteilung 203. It bears the unit’s stamp, which was assigned to the V. Reserve-ArmeeKorps. $10.00
38-1051 POSTCARD - GATES - VERDUN.
This postcard shows the grounds and monument near several public buildings in Brussels. The postcard was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1916. $10.00
38-1052 GARDENS AND MONUMENT - BRUSSELS.
38-1191 POSTCARD - UNITY BETWEEN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA - KAISER WILHELM II
AND KAISER FRANZ JOSEF. This postcard shows joint cooperation and unity
between the House of Hohenzollern in Germany and the House of Hapsburg in
Austria. The obverse depicts castles from both houses, along with the two
Kaisers. On the reverse we see that it was mailed in 1915 from the lovely
German city of Aachen.
$15.00
38-1199 POSTCARD - AMERICAN ATTACK - NIGHT.
This is a postcard that was issued by the Chicago Daily News during WW I. It
shows "No Man’s Land" and barb wire, with explosions and flashes in the
background. In the lower left corner it is labeled "Wonderful Night War
Photo American Attack on German Line - France."
$15.00
38-1049 POSTCARD - SOLDIERS -BATTLE
DAMAGED TOWN - CESSE a.d. MAAS.
38-1050 POSTCARD - FRENCH CITY -
VERRY.
38-766
COLORIZED POSTCARD FELDPOSTKARTE - HARTZ MOUNTAINS.
38-760
POSTCARD - ARMY BARRACKS - HILDBURG.
This
postcard shows the army barracks located at Hildburg. The barracks consist of
a three-story building, with an additional wing. Troops are drilling in the
foreground. A guard box appears at the building’s entrance.
[Buy this card and the one below for a
combined special price of $15.00]
$10.00
38-1264 COLOR POSTCARD - SOLDIER - GARDE-TRAIN-ABTEILUNG. This color postcard shows a soldier from the Garde-Train-Abteilung standing at attention in front of a guard box at the unit’s barracks. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte before the beginning of WW I. $15.00
38-761 POSTCARD - ARMY BARRACKS - HILDBURG. This postcard features the army barracks located at Hildburg. This view shows the rear of the buildings. [Buy this card and the one above for a combined special price of $15.00] $10.00
38-839 POSTCARD - SOLDIERS STANDING BEFORE MONUMENT. This postcard shows a large number of soldiers gathered in front of a monument. It was mailed before the war, in 1911. $5.00
38-920 COLORIZED POSTCARD - SOLDIERS WORKING ON MAUSER RIFLES. This is a fascinating postcard showing part of soldiers’ daily life. It shows a group of soldiers in front of their barracks, working on their Mausers. Some of them probably belong to the regiment’s armorers, while others may be ordinary soldiers working with them to ensure that their rifles are in proper working condition. The postcard’s lower left corner reads "Soldatleben," which means it might belong to postcard series detailing the daily "soldier’s life." The postcard was mailed early in the 20th Century, well before the beginning of WW I. $10.00
38-925 POSTCARD -MONUMENT - 3. GARDE zu FUß. This postcard shows a monument commemorating 3. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß. The monument is a lion standing proudly. The 3. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß was founded in 1860. It was garrisoned in Berlin, where it was a part of the Garde-Korps. The monument salutes the regiment and its service in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. The monument’s front has three shield-shaped plaques listing the men from the regiment who were killed and wounded during the war. It was sent as a Feldpostkarte from a unit in Bavarian Reserve-Division Nr 19 in 1916. $10.00
A small graveyard is depicted in front of a castle at Ollweiler on this postcard. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte. $10.00
38-855 POSTCARD - CEMETERY -GROUNDS - CASTLE - OLLWEILER.
38-856 TWO POSTCARD SET - MILITARY HOSPITAL AND CANTEEN - JNOR. This is a two-postcard set depicting a military hospital and canteen in the city of Jnor. They were both mailed as Feldpostkartes. $15.00
38-981 POSTCARD - GERMAN TROOPS DRIVING FRENCH TROOPS FROM NANCY. This is a charcoal drawing that shows German troops driving French troops from the French city of Nancy. It is an early war scene, as the Germans are still wearing pickelhauben. $10.00
38-982 POSTCARD - CANADIAN TRENCH POSITIONS. This postcard shows very good detail of Canadian trench positions at Vimy Ridge. Sandbags are neatly stacked. A wooden flooring allows better egress during rainy times. $10.00
38-989 POSTCARD - GERMAN TROOPS - WARTIME - DAILY WORK. This postcard shows German troops during wartime at their routine daily work. The postcard was sent as a Feldpostkarte from Division Nr 54 in 1915. $10.00
38-990 COLOR POSTCARD - FIVE GERMAN SOLDIERS SLEEPING - BUNKER. This postcard shows five soldiers sleeping in their bunker, which was located in their trench. The men are all wearing their mutzes while they sleep after a hard day. The postcard was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1917. It was a part of a series showing the troops at the front. $10.00
38-991 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN RED CROSS WORKER HELPING COMRADE. This postcard shows a Red Cross worker helping a wounded soldier. The destruction of the battlefield can be seen around them. $10.00
38-994 COLOR POSTCARD -FRENCH CITY DURING WAR. This color postcard shows a typical French city during WW I. The town center remains busy. Substantial battle damage shows on the surrounding buildings. The postcard was sent as a Feldpostkarte from Infanterie-Division Nr 58 in 1917. $10.00
38-998 POSTCARD - FRENCH CHATEAU. This postcard shows a French chateau. It was mailed back to Germany as a Feldpostkarte from the 2. Garde-Infanterie-Division in 1914. $7.00
38-999 POSTCARD - FRENCH FARM HOUSE. This postcard shows a French farm house. It was mailed back to Germany as a Feldpostkarte from the 2. Garde-Infanterie-Division in 1914. $7.00
This is a color postcard that shows the city of Zwickau, in Saxony. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. $10.00
38-1000 COLOR POSTCARD -CITY - ZWICKAU.
This is a color postcard that shows civilian refugees on the road in 1916. $7.00
38-1001 COLOR POSTCARD - REFUGEES ON ROAD.
38-958 POSTCARD - MUNICH TECHNICAL MUSEUM - IMPERIAL GERMAN PERIOD. Munich’s Technical Museum is one of the most interesting in Germany. It covers a number of subjects, including aviation. The U-1 submarine is on display downstairs. The postcard shows the museum as it looked before 1920. $10.00
38-985 COLORIZED POSTCARD - PIONIERS BUILDING BRIDGE. This very interesting postcard shows a Pionier troop detail building a pontoon bridge over a river. A handwritten message appears on the reverse, but the postcard was never mailed. $10.00
38-811 POSTCARD - ROOM - VIENNA - FEBRUARY 1913.
38-819 PATRIOTIC FELDPOSTKARTE - LANDWEHR-INFANTRIE-REGIMENT Nr 101. This is a postcard which was distributed to the men of Landwehr-Infantrie-Regiment Nr 101. It was intended to be sent to loved ones at home. The obverse of the card shows a patriotic poem of four stanzas. The reverse identifies the regiment. It notes it was a Feldpostkarte that allowed the soldier to send a brief note back home to loved ones. It was never used. $5.00
38-547 POSTCARD - BATTLE DAMAGED BUILDING - RURAL AREA. This is a Feldpostkarte that was mailed from a man in Reserve-Infantrie-Regiment Nr 180. $5.00
38-548 POSTCARD - BATTLE DAMAGE - FRENCH CITY - LILLE. This postcard shows battle damage to the French city of Lille. On the reverse we see that the postcard is dated November 1914. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte. $5.00
38-653 POSTCARD - 100th ANNIVERSARY - INFANTRIE-REGIMENT Nr 93 - ANHALT. This postcard commemorates the 100th anniversary (1807-1907) of Anhaltisches Infantrie-Regiment Nr 93. This regiment was the one fielded by the Duchy of Anhalt. Battalions Nr 1 and Nr 3 were garrisoned at Dessau. Battalion Nr 2 was stationed at Zerbst. The regiment was assigned to the IV. ArmeeKorps. The postcard shows the Duke of Anhalt, Leopold-Friedrich-Franz, at the time of the regiment’s 1807 creation. His counterpart from 1907, Friedrich II is also shown, along with Kaiser Wilhelm II. A likeness of a soldier from 1807 is shown, as is a soldier 100 years later, in 1907. This was an elite regiment. A message was written on the reverse and it was mailed to Berlin in 1907. $15.00
38-581 COLORIZED POSTCARD -SOLDIER - HOME FROM WAR. This colorized postcard shows a painting of a German soldier returning home from the war. He is wounded. His sweetheart is escorting him to meet his mother. It was sent as a Feldpostkarte in 1916. $10.00
This color postcard shows a German town with German national flags flying throughout the town. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte. $10.00
38-1039 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN TOWN.
This color postcard shows the marketplace of the city of Belgard a.d. Pers. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1917. $10.00
38-1040 COLOR POSTCARD - BELGARD a.d. PERS.
This postcard comes from the Fliegerstation in Hannover. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from an aviation unit in 1915. $10.00
38-1042 POSTCARD - HOFTHEATER - HANNOVER FROM AIR.
This postcard shows the resort area Untertürkheim in Stuttgart. It shows many people swimming in a lake. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from a man in an aviation unit. $10.00
38-1043 POSTCARD - RESORT AREA - UNTERTÜRKHEIM.
This is the Prinz Friedrich Karl Monument located in Metz. The monument appears to be located in a park near a large public building or perhaps even a monument. $10.00
38-1084 COLOR POSTCARD - MONUMENT - PRINZ FRIEDRICH-KARL - METZ.
38-1045 POSTCARD - CEMETERY SCENE -
THREE INFANTERIE-REGIMENTS.
This postcard shows three German soldiers in the field playing musical instruments, while another looks over the battlefield. Above them a young mother reads a letter to her son, which almost certainly came from one of the soldiers seen below. The postcard was mailed in 1915. $15.00
38-1513 POSTCARD - GERMAN SOLDIERS - FIELD.
This postcard shows a map of the area around Montmédy in France. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. The writer of the postcard was assigned to an aviation unit. A unit stamp shows a Garde Star and identifies "Royal Prussian Armee Flugpark Nr 5." $10.00
38-1048 POSTCARD - MAP - MONTMÉDY.
This postcard shows extensive battle damage to the town of Vigneulles. It was sent as a Feldpostkarte from a Machine-Gun-Kompagnie in 1916. $5.00
38-582 POSTCARD - EXTENSIVE DAMAGE - VIGNEULLES.
This postcard shows the army base and its assorted buildings at Hammelburg. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in November 1916. The reverse of the postcard bears the stamp from "Lager Hammelburg." $10.00
38-557 POSTCARD - ARMY BASE - HAMMELBURG.
This is an interesting postcard that shows the "Altes Logirhaus" (Old Log House) in Bad Oldesloe. Bad Oldesloe is a lovely village near Hamburg. Today it is considered a suburb of Hamburg. The card was originally issued by female Red Cross workers in that village. It was sent as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. $5.00
38-551 POSTCARD - ALTES LOGIRHAUS - BAD OLDESLOE.
38-952 POSTCARD - BATTLE DAMAGE - VARENNES.
38-953 POSTCARD - GERMAN SOLDIERS - BATTLE DAMAGED
DANNEVOUX.
This postcard is a drawing that shows
two German soldiers standing in the street of the battle-damaged city of Dannevoux. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from a Reserve-Infanterie-Division
in 1915.
$10.00
38-1884 POSTCARD - TRADITIONSLIED - HANNOVER.
This is an interesting postcard that represents both Hannover and Prussia.
Crossed flags for the two states appear above a song known as the
Traditionslied (Tradition Song). The postcard was mailed in 1907. It has
a message written on the reverse.
$15.00
38-954 COLOR CHRISTMAS POSTCARD - LIMB PINE TREE - PINE
CONES.
38-552 COLORIZED POSTCARD - GERMAN SOLDIER STANDING IN WOODS. This
colorized postcard, which originates from a sketch or painting, shows a
German soldier in a pickelhaube standing behind a tree. Below this scene we
see "Völkerkrieg 1914/15." This is a Feldpostkarte that was
mailed in 1916.
$5.00
38-554 POSTCARD - BATTLE DAMAGE - RIPONT.
This postcard shows battle damage to the city of Ripont. It is postally
unused and in very good condition.
$5.00
38-498 POSTCARD - PIONIER-BATTALION TROOPS CONSTRUCTING
TRENCH.
This is an interesting colorized postcard that shows a stream or brook with water flowing. The scene appears in an oval. Above it reads "Deutscher Herbst" (German Autumn). On the reverse we see that it was a Feldpostkarte that was mailed in September 1915. It is very attractive. $10.00
38-543 COLORIZED POSTCARD - STREAM OR BROOK.
This postcard shows a number of German soldiers and a nurse standing in front of a Red Cross station and a canteen. On the reverse we see that this was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from a Machine Gun Abteilung in 1916. $10.00
38-544 POSTCARD - RED CROSS STATION AND CANTEEN.
38-163 COLORIZED POSTCARD - GERMAN SOLDIERS IN RESERVE
AREAS.
This colorized photograph shows German
troops in the rear areas in their homemade buildings.
$10.00
38-500 POSTCARD -TOWN - TAHURE.
This postcard shows the town of Tahure. Many of the buildings show battle
damage. Several German soldiers are in the street. One group is in the order
of march. The reverse shows that this was a Feldpostkarte. The card
is dated 1915. It was mailed by a man in Landwehr-Infantrie-Regiment Nr
124, Machine Gun Kompagnie.
$10.00
This postcard shows the battle damage to a building in France. The building was filled with machinery. A German soldier stands amongst the rubble. The reverse reveals it was a Feldpostkarte. It is unit marked for Landwehr-Infantrie-Regiment Nr 124, Machine Gun Kompagnie. $10.00
38-503 POSTCARD - BATTLE DAMAGE - FRENCH TOWN.
38-344
POSTCARD - MAN IN FIELD GETTING READY FOR BATH.
This postcard, which is a black and white drawing, shows a soldier getting
ready to bathe, or dressing after bathing. On the reverse is a message sent
to a soldier’s home. The stamps on the reverse indicate that the man served
in the XVI. Armeekorps.$8.00
38-1999 POSTCARD - BERLIN - NIGHT.
38-2000 COLOR POSTCARD - STREET - BERLIN.
38-2001 POSTCARD -
OFFIZIERS-KASINO - .3
GARDE-FELDARTILLERIE-REGIMENT.
38-2113 POSTCARD - GERMAN VICTORY - SEDAN - FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR.
This postcard, which comes from a painting, shows the French surrender at
Sedan during the 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War. I rarely find postcards from
this era. I am always happy to share them with you.
38-275 COLORIZED POSTCARD - HUSSARS STABLING HORSES.
This is a colorized postcard that shows Hussars stabling their horses.
38-328 POSTCARD OF POPE
PIUS XI. This is a postcard of Pope Pius XI.
Pius XI was the pope from 1922-1939.
$2.00
38-395 COLORIZED POSTCARD - SOLDIER WITH TWO HORSES.
This is a colorized postcard. It shows a soldier outside the city gates of a
town, with two horses. It is a Feldpostkarte with a message from a man
in the XIIII. Reserve-Armeekorps.
$10.00
38-1003 POSTCARD - BATTLE DAMAGE -
FRENCH CITY - ST. MARIE=A=PY.
38-1004 POSTCARD - RUSSIAN CITY - BAROW.
This postcard shows a charcoal sketch of the Russian city of Barow. The
obverse say "Greetings from Barow in Russia." The postcard was mailed
as a Feldpostkarte in 1916.
38-1005 POSTCARD - TWO SOLDIERS MOVING
LOG.
This postcard is in color. It shows two soldiers who have been wounded, riding on a train. The postcard is titled "Kriegskameraden." It is very touching. $10.00
38-1006 COLOR POSTCARD - TWO WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
This postcard comes from a painting. It shows two exhausted soldiers (who may even be wounded), riding their equally exhausted horses from a battlefield. Dead men and horses can be seen around them. $10.00
38-1007 POSTCARD - TWO EXHAUSTED SOLDIERS -MOUNTED - BATTLEFIELD.
This postcard is of a statue of a Germanic warrior. He holds a sword in one hand, and a shield with an eagle and a Hohenzollern Crown in the other. We also see "Gott Mit Uns." $10.00
38-1008 POSTCARD - STATUE - GERMAN WARRIOR.
This color postcard shows a soldier in full gear shaking hands with an older man in a train station. The soldier is either coming home on leave, or on his way back to the front. $10.00
38-1009 COLOR POSTCARD - SOLDIER GREETING OLDER MAN.
This color postcard shows Pioniers from Saxony fighting a battle in 1812, during the Napoleonic Wars. $10.00
38-1010 COLOR POSTCARD - SAXON PIONIERS - BATTLE - NAPOLEONIC WARS.
This postcard came from a painting showing Russian soldiers in a battle on the Eastern Front in the Carpathian Mountains. $10.00
38-1011 POSTCARD - RUSSIAN SOLDIERS - BATTLE WITH GERMAN TROOPS.
This postcard comes from a charcoal sketch that shows a German supply train moving ammunition to the front by horse and wagon. The men are all wearing pickelhauben. The postcard was mailed as a Feldpostkarte by a soldier in Reserve-Division Nr 35. $10.00
38-1012 POSTCARD - GERMAN TROOPS - WAGON TRAIN TRANSPORTING MUNITIONS.
This postcard was produced from a charcoal sketch. It shows a column from an artillery regiment on the march. $10.00
38-1013 POSTCARD - COLUMN - GERMAN TROOPS.
This postcard was produced from a charcoal sketch, which shows the Russian town of Rawka. $10.00
38-1014 POSTCARD - RUSSIAN TOWN.
38-1017 POSTCARD - GERMAN CAVALRY -
BATTLE.
This postcard shows a soldier preparing a meal. It comes from a charcoal sketch. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915. $10.00
38-1018 POSTCARD - SOLDIER PREPARING MEAL.
This postcard, which comes from a charcoal sketch, shows a soldier in the field, changing his clothes. A message is written on the back from "Fritz." It appears that the postcard was never mailed. $10.00
38-1019 POSTCARD - SOLDIER CHANGING CLOTHES.
This postcard comes from a charcoal sketch. It shows a soldier marching with his full kit. It looks like a pretty heavy load! It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte from Infanterie-Regiment Nr 192. It was one of the earlier regiments that was formed during the prewar buildup in 1913 or 1914. $10.00
38-1020 POSTCARD - GERMAN SOLDIER IN FULL KIT.
This postcard was produced from a charcoal sketch. It shows a soldier wearing his mutze and an overcoat. He is standing in a trench and smoking his pipe. It was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1916. $10.00
38-1021 COMIC POSTCARD - SOLDIER.
This postcard was produced from a charcoal sketch. It shows a soldier with a shovel over his shoulder. A message is written on the reverse from 1916. It was never mailed. $10.00
38-1022 POSTCARD - SOLDIER WITH SHOVEL.
This postcard shows a burial detail on the way to a cemetery to bury a fallen comrade. One soldier leads holding a cross for the deceased, while four men carry the body on a stretcher. All of the soldiers are wearing pickelhauben. The scene come from a charcoal sketch that was produced in 1915. I find this very touching as on a personal basis it shows the effects f war. $10.00
38-1023 POSTCARD - BURIAL DETAIL.
This color postcard shows German troops in an early trench. They are wearing pickelhauben and not stahlhelms. On the reverse we see that it was mailed from a hospital as a Feldpostkarte in 1916. $15.00
43-74 COLOR POSTCARD - GERMAN TROOPS - TRENCH.
This color postcard shows an officer with his sword drawn, leading his mounted Hussar Squadron into battle. In turn, they are leading other German troops into battle. Lying on the ground in front of the officer is a vanquished French soldier. The postcard’s lower right corner sports a 1914 Iron Cross. $15.00
43-77 COLOR POSTCARD - HUSSAR SQUADRON LEADING GERMAN TROOPS - BATTLE.
This color postcard shows two Ulanen riding their horses near a walking German soldier. Together they are leading a herd of cows through a small village. Behind them, villagers are looking on. Perhaps the cows belonged to the villagers and were confiscated by the soldiers. $15.00
43-79 COLOR POSTCARD - MOUNTED ULANEN - VILLAGE.
This color postcard shows two young boys wearing helmets and uniforms as they play with a cannon. The cannon is assaulting a castle and its troops. It is titled "Schweres Geschütz" (Heavy Artillery). The reverse shows it was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in 1915, under the V. Armee High Command’s authority. $15.00
43-80 COLOR POSTCARD - TWO CHILDREN PLAYING SOLDIER.
This postcard shows a group of officers emerging from a building. Information about the postcard’s subject is handwritten on the reverse. It mentions the date 14 May 1918. $20.00
43-81 POSTCARD - GERMAN OFFICERS.
43-82 POSTCARD - OFFICER REVIEWING TROOPS. This postcard shows a senior officer reviewing a large body of troops. The men are wearing stahlhelms. Information about the postcard’s subject appears on the reverse. It is dated 14 May 1918. $20.00
38-1024 POSTCARD - GERMAN SOLDIERS
CLEANING UP.
38-1027 POSTCARD - GUN CREW AND
ARTILLERY PIECE.
This colorized postcard shows an embossed Hohenzollern crown over a shield with crossed swords. The shield has horizontal bands of the German national colors in black, white, and red. Below this image we see "Hell leuchte deines Ruhmes Glanz In Ost und West aufs neu!" (Light illuminates your glorious splendor in the East and the West Anew). This was mailed as a Feldpostkarte in March 1916. $10.00
38-556 COLORIZED POSTCARD - HOHENZOLLERN CROWN.
This is a black and white postcard showing German troops in Brussels after its capture. It is a Feldpostkarte from a soldier who served in Reserve-Armee-Korps Nr 14. $10.00
38-397 POSTCARD - GERMAN SOLDIERS - BRUSSELS.
This postcard shows German troops working on railroad tracks and a tunnel in Belgium. It was sent as a Feldpostkarte in 1916. $10.00
38-409 BLACK AND WHITE POSTCARD - GERMAN TROOPS WORKING ON RAILROAD TRACKS AND TUNNEL - BELGIUM.
This postcard shows extensive battle damage to a church and the surrounding town. It was sent as a Feldpostkarte in 1916 from Reserve-Infantrie-Regiment Nr 122. $10.00
38-414 POSTCARD - BATTLE DAMAGE - CHURCH AND TOWN.
This postcard shows ten German soldiers standing in front of and in the window of a damaged French building. It was sent as a Feldpostkarte in 1916. $10.00
38-415 POSTCARD - BATTLE DAMAGE - BUILDING - FRENCH TOWN.
This colorized postcard was issued by Reserve-Division Nr 26 for its men to send home as Feldpostkarten. It shows a destroyed French church and graveyard. A message is written on the reverse. $10.00
38-418 POSTCARD - DESTROYED FRENCH CHURCH.
This is a color postcard that shows various monuments from the 1870-1871 Franco Prussian War. It also depicts Schloss Geisberg, near Weissenburg. The postcard was mailed in 1902. It has a message written on the obverse. $10.00
38-1338 COLOR POSTCARD - VARIOUS MONUMENTS - 1870/71 FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR - SCHLOSS GEISBERG.
This color postcard offers New Year’s wishes during the war, concluding with victory. The postcard was mailed 1 January 1916. $10.00
38-1341 COLOR POSTCARD - GOOD WISHES - NEW YEAR - WW I.
38-128 NPG POSTCARD Nr 5051 - PROFESSOR DOKTOR RAUSENBERGER. This is an NPG Postcard of Professor Doktor Rausenberger. Rausenberger was heavily involved in the design of the massive Railway Gun "Big Bertha," which was a 42cm gun. $20.00
38-819 PATRIOTIC FELDPOSTKARTE -
LANDWEHR-INFANTRIE-REGIMENT Nr 101.
38-168 XKK COLOR POSTCARD - MILITARY SERVICE CROSS WITH WAR
DECORATION - AUSTRIA.
38-297 POSTCARD -
SACRÉ-COUER DE MONTMARTRE - PARIS. This is a
postcard that shows the Sacré Couer de Montmartre in Paris. It is one
of the more recognizable spots in the French capital.
$5.00
38-298 KNORR’S KINDERPOSTKARTEN. This is a kinder postcard from the firm of Knorr. $5.00
38-299 POST CARD SHOWING TROOPS ON THE PARADE GROUND IN MÜNSTER. Münster was one of the largest training areas in Germany. This postcard shows troops on parade in that city. $10.00
38-169 XKK COLOR POSTCARD - HANSEATIC CROSS -
LÜBECK.
38-198 POSTCARD -
GERMANY’S ENEMIES COWERING UNDER A PICKELHAUBE. This is a consignment item.
The postcard shows Germany’s enemies from WW I cowering under a pickelhaube
held by a German soldier. The enemies are quite small. They all fit quite well
under a standard-sized pickelhaube!
$20.00
38-867 POSTCARD - BATTLE DAMAGE - CHURCH - LORGIES.
38-870 POSTCARD - BATTLE DAMAGE - CITY LONGWY-BAS.
This postcard shows the battle damage to the French city of Longwy-Bas. It
shows both civilians and German soldiers in the street. It was mailed as a
Feldpostkarte in 1916.
$8.00
38-811 POSTCARD - ROOM - VIENNA - FEBRUARY 1913.
This postcard shows a light and airy room, with many paintings from Vienna. It
is 1913, some eighteen months before the beginning of WW I.
$4.00
This postcard references an 1898 "living exhibition" put on by Carl Hagenbeck, featuring men, women and children from India in settings reminiscent of their homeland. It is captioned "Gruss aus Hagenbeck’s Indien-Berlin Tempelhofer Feld - Generalpächter Max Höpfner [Marinehaus SO.16] (Greetings from Hagenbeck’s India - Berlin Tempelhof Field - General tenant Max Höpfner [Navy House SO.16]). These exhibitions were extremely popular during the latter part of the 19th Century. They featured Lapplanders, Eskimos, Patagonians, native people from Europe’s various colonies in Africa, Asia, the Pacific islands, India, and South America, as well as Native American tribes. The exhibitions allowed the European masses to view these "exotic" peoples in replicas of their native habitat, wearing their native dress, and performing domestic chores, making carved tools, taking care of children, etc. (They were eventually superseded by motion picture documentaries in the early 20th Century).Carl Hagenbeck, a Hamburg fish vendor-turned-impresario, was known for importing and exporting wild animals to zoos and circuses around the world. (In the 1880's and 1890's, the Hagenbeck family was the chief animal supplier for Barnum & Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth). In 1907 he founded the zoo in Hamburg-Stellingen, wherein he championed the recreation of natural, lifelike environments for his animal enclosures. Hagenbeck, along with other family members, also prospered with the"anthropological" exhibitions mentioned above."Hagenbeck’s Indien" was a spectacular exhibition staged off Berlin’s bustling Kurfürstendamm Boulevard in 1898. As one can see from the postcard, multistory buildings were constructed for it. Some of the Indian performers are posed in front of one such building, along with several German "handlers." Some of its exhibits featured Tamil und Indische Kinder (Tamil and Indian children), bajadères (female dancers), and "Indische Ringkämpfer" (Indian wrestlers). $20.00
43-68 POSTCARD - 1898 INDIAN ETHNO/ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXHIBIT-BERLIN.
This postcard shows a salon at a Museum for transportation in Paris during the year 1911. It was mailed from Paris to Berlin. Part of the message is written in English and some is in French! $7.00
38-1327 POSTCARD - MUSEUM - PARIS 1911.
38-812 FRENCH POSTCARD - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE - 1900. This postcard was produced and mailed from France in 1900. It commemorates the Exposition Universelle in 1900. It shows a scene from French Guiana. $3.00
38-813 FRENCH POSTCARD - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE - 1900. This postcard was produced and mailed from France in 1900. It commemorates the Exposition Universelle in 1900. It shows a scene from French Indo-China. $3.00
This color postcard shows an Arab from German East Africa. This postcard is a part of a series on the German colonies.$10.00
38-1329 COLOR POSTCARD - EAST AFRICAN ARAB.
38-814 FRENCH POSTCARD - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE - 1900. This postcard was produced and mailed from France in 1900. It commemorates the Exposition Universelle in 1900. It shows a scene from the Palais du Chateau D’eau et de L Électricité. $3.00
38-815 FRENCH POSTCARD - EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE - 1900. This postcard was produced and mailed from France in 1900. It commemorates the Exposition Universelle in 1900. It shows a scene from the Palais de l’ Asie Russe. $3.00
38-840 COLORIZED POSTCARD - TRENCH AND BUNKER COMPLEX - MACHINE GUN.
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