Mi.2 (10.07.1942/1943) Feldpost Permission stamp
Parcel label (detached) sent from Chemnitz to a soldier at FPN 17468 (Heavy Artillery Division 816: the feldpost number appears to date the label in early/mid 1942. In the winter of 41/42 the detachment was deployed around Rzhev - possibly Khoroshevo, Kowalevo, Zaytsevo). Featuring a permission stamp for feldpost packages (Mi.1 A - perforated). Ref: 16/6
The chronology for the Division (with three batteries of 21 cm mortars): 24th Jul 1940, 12th Army, Army Group C 1st Army; 6th Nov 1940, assigned to XXXXIX Corps/1st Army, Army Group D; 23rd Mar 1941, transferred from 1st Army, Army Group D to Army Group B; 22nd Jun - 10th Jul 1941 LVII Corps (Mot.), 3rd Panzer Group, Army Group Center; 30th Jul 1941 LVII Corps (Mot.), 3rd Panzer Group, Army Group Center (planned); 13th - 28th Jul 1941 LVII Corps (Mot.), 3rd Panzer Group, Army Group Center; 16th Aug 1941, Demyansk, Corps, 16th Army, Army Group North?; 21st Aug 1941 near 19th Panzer Division, LVII Corps (Mot.), 3rd Panzer Group, Army Group Centre]; 29th Sep 1941 9th Army and 3rd Panzer Group, Army Group Centre; 24th Dec 41 9th Army, Army Group Centre / near Rzhev; 3rd Jan 42 XXIII Corps, 9th Army, Army Group Centre; 11th Jan - 9th Feb 1942 VI Corps, 9th Army, Army Group Centre; 8th Mar 1942 VI Corps, 9th Army, Army Group Centre w/o 3rd Bat./; 7th Apr 1942, XXIII Corps, 9th Army XXXXVI Corps (Mot.), 9th Army, Army Group Centre w/o 2nd Bat./ XXVII Corps, 9th Army; 10th May 1942 XXVII Corps, 9th Army, Army Group Centre; Jul 1942, 9th ArmyArmy Group Centre; 8th Aug 42 VI Corps, Army Group Centre w/o 2nd Bat./ assigned to XXXIX Panzer Corps, 9th Army; 19th Oct 1942 XXVIII Corps, 9th Army, Army Group Centre; 12th Sep 1943 3rd Bat./ XXVII Corps, 4th Army, Army Group Centre; June 1944 Vitebsk; 16th July 1944, 1. Bat./, LV-Corps, 2. Army, /// 2. Bat./ and 3. Bat./, XXVI Corps, 3. Panzer Army Army Group Center]; 22nd Sep 1944 XXXIX Panzer Corps, 3. Panzer Army, Army Group Center with 4 x 21 cm mortars and 4 sFH; 1944 / 45 3. Panzer Army in East Prussia. (Source for all military information: Forum.Der.Wehrmacht.De)