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  • Olympische Dorf Doberitz

    12th May 1936 Olympisches Dorf 1/1 See 12.05.1936 - 24/83 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

  • Reichswehr Panzerspähwagen

    17th June 1936 1/1 Reichswehr 'Schwerer Panzerspähwagen' (heavy armoured reconnaissance vehicle). Most likely an Sd. Kfz. 232. Registration plate number 'RW 5282' RW = Reichswehr (Reich Defense) 5 = Military District 5 (Stuttgart) 282 = Serial number of vehicle Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

  • Freudenthal Bruntal

    Feldpost cover featuring a cachet reading 'Den Fürher in Freudenthal 7.10.1938'. Ref: 07.10.1938 - 23/10 7th October 1938 Freudenthal 07.10.1938-den-fuhrer-in-freudenthal-reverse.jpeg 07.10.1938-den-fuhrer-in-freudenthal-reverse.jpeg 1/1 Feldpost cover featuring a cachet reading 'Den Fürher in Freudenthal 7.10.1938'. Ref: 07.10.1938 - 23/10 Note: see Kurt Quaiser , The emergency and liberation stamps in the Sudeten German areas 1938/39, stamp illustrations for Volume I and Volume II, approx. 1982, 87 p. with numerous illustrations, paperback, format A 5, sought-after special catalogue. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

  • Mi.828

    Mi.828 (10.01.1943) Mi.828 (10.01.1943) 1/1 Mi.828 (Ref: 10.01.1943) next stamp issue

  • Austria Anschluss

    Austrian postcard sent from field post office 420 (2nd Panzer Division) to Berlin. (Ref: 30.03.1938, MFP17P37) 30th March 1938 1/1 Austrian postcard sent from field post office 420 (2nd Panzer Division) to Berlin. (Ref: 30.03.1938, MFP17P37) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

  • Brown Ribbon of Germany 1940

    28th July 1940 28.07.1940 Brown Ribbon reverse.jpeg 28.07.1940 Brown Ribbon reverse.jpeg 1/1 Cover sent from Munich to Chemnitz. Featuring Mi.747 (commemorating the brown ribbon of Germany horserace). Also featuring two special cancellations for the event (JB:Munich146 - three horse running left to right, and JB:Munich147 - four horses running right to left). Ref: 28.07.1940 - 14/33 (two cancels). Reverse of a similar cover, also featuring Mi.747 and sent to the same address, including to the reverse a hand-stamped ' "KdF" Briefmarken Sammelgruppe Essen' (unlike the typewritten example). Ref: 28.07.1940 - 14/33 (single cancel) Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page

  • Stalag III-A

    21st December 1939 Stalag III-A 21st December 1939 Stalag III-A 21.12.1939 Stalag III-A reverse.jpeg 21.12.1939 Stalag III-A reverse.jpeg 1/1 Polish POW letter-sheet sent from Stalag III-A at Luckenwaldeto an address in Poland. At this time there were approximately 19,000 Polish soldiers (together with a few Polish civilians). Ref: 21.12.1939 Stalag III-A Stalag III-A opened in Luckenwalde (Brandenburg) on 28th August 1939 and remained operational until 25th April 1945. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

  • Admiral Scheer Bank

    23rd October 1943 23rd October 1943 23.10.1943-admiral-scheer.jpeg 23.10.1943-admiral-scheer-letter-1.jpeg 23.10.1943-admiral-scheer-reverse.jpeg 23.10.1943-admiral-scheer.jpeg 1/4 Official letter sent from 'Finanzamt - Dresden - Admiral - Scheer - Ufer'. Ref: 23.10.1943 This Child Allowance letter has nothing to do with the German cruiser. Admiral-Scheer-Ufer is simply the name of the street the tax office is located on (named after the admiral and on the Elbe, thus 'ufer') . The street is now called Carusufer.

  • K.d.F Briefmarken Werbschau Berlin Pankow

    19th March 1939 K.d.F. Briefmarken Werbschau 19th March 1939 K.d.F. Briefmarken Werbschau 1/0 See 19.03.1939 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

  • 20th May 1943

    20th May 1943 20th May 1943 1/0 Autograph feldpost letter signed twice by Generalleutnant Oskar van Ginkel (1882 - 1949). The letter is sent to Oberst von der Osten in Traunstein. Von der Osten appears to be a Camp Commander? Is this Hans-Georg von der Osten (1895 - 1987)? Van Ginkel had an illustrious career in the German Army during both WWI and WWII. As part of Army Group Courland (Latvia) Van Ginkel surrendered to the Soviets in May 1945. Van Ginkel would remain in captivity, ending his life in Vorkuta Gulag (Komi Republic, Russia). He died of a heart ailment in camp section 61 on 14.11.1949. Ref: 20.05.1943

  • Willy Birgel

    23rd July 1943 Willy Birgel 23rd July 1943 Willy Birgel 1/0 See 23rd July 1943 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

  • Returned Vervollstandigung Meyenburg

    Official court document sent from Meyenburg to Berlin. With court seal to the reverse. Also featuring a label affixed to the address panel which reads, 'Zuruck/ zur Vervollstandigung der Aufschrift. Bestimmungsort ist ungenugend bezeichnet.' (Return/ to complete the address. The destination is insufficiently described.) Ref: 01.09.1936 - 25/12 1st September 1936 Meyenburg District Court 1/1 Official court document sent from Meyenburg to Berlin. With court seal to the reverse. Also featuring a label affixed to the address panel which reads, 'Zuruck/ zur Vervollstandigung der Aufschrift. Bestimmungsort ist ungenugend bezeichnet.' (Return/ to complete the address. The destination is insufficiently described.) Ref: 01.09.1936 - 25/12 The printed and typescript letter sent to a recipient in Berlin and subsequently returned. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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