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11th November 1943 11th November 1943 1/0 Section of cardboard box with feldpost label affixed. Feldpost label imprint O/0999. Ref: 11.11.1943

Postcard (with imprint 'VISIT 111') postmarked from Eger (addressed at a later date?), featuring various stamps including, from Czechoslovakia, 20 H (Mi.279B), 15 H (Mi.34, from 1919), and 75 H (Mi.37, from 1919). Tied with JB:Egler1/248 and also featuring a second post office hand stamp with the slogan, 'DIE WAHRHEIT HAT GESIEGT' (The truth has prevailed). Ref: 13.10.1938 13th October 1938 JB: Eger 13.10.1938 Eger Wir Sind Frei reverse.jpeg 13.10.1938 Eger Wir Sind Frei reverse.jpeg 1/1 Postcard (with imprint 'VISIT 111') postmarked from Eger (addressed at a later date?), featuring various stamps including, from Czechoslovakia, 20 H (Mi.279B), 15 H (Mi.34, from 1919), and 75 H (Mi.37, from 1919). Tied with JB:Egler1/248 and also featuring a second post office hand stamp with the slogan, 'DIE WAHRHEIT HAT GESIEGT' (The truth has prevailed). Ref: 13.10.1938 EGER cancellations as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952) The Czechoslovakian town of Cheb. JB:Eger1/248. 'EGER 1'. Ref: 03.10.1938 JB:Eger1/248. 'EGER 2'. Ref: 13.10.1938 Note on JB:Eger1/248 - The post office number and letter designation are '1' or '2', and letters through 'a' to 'i', and 'k' to 'm' JB:Eger2/248 - '50.Geburtstag des Führers/ deutsch der Sudetengau'. Ref: 20.04.1939 Slogan cachets 'DIE WAHRHEIT HAT GESIEGT/ POSTAMT/ EGER 2' (The truth has triumphed). Ref: 02.10.1938 - 17/8 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Cover featuring a Rumburg 'Tag der Befreiung' (Liberation Day) cancel tied to a block of four Czechoslovakian stamps (Mi.401). Note the postal address of the recipient, 'Adolf Hitlerstr'. Ref: 22.09.1938 - 4/23 22nd September 1938 'Tag der Befreiung' 22.09.1938 JB_Rumburg reverse.jpeg 22.09.1938 JB_Rumburg reverse.jpeg 1/1 Cover featuring a Rumburg 'Tag der Befreiung' (Liberation Day) cancel tied to a block of four Czechoslovakian stamps (Mi.401). Note the postal address of the recipient, 'Adolf Hitlerstr'. Ref: 22.09.1938 - 4/23 'Liberation Day' timeline 21st September Czech President Beneš agrees to Sudetenland plebiscite and to cede majority German territory in exchange for an Anglo-French 'guarantee'. Block of four (Mi.401) tied with the slogan cancellation 'Tag der Befreiung' (Liberation day). 22nd - 23rd September At Bad Godesberg, Hitler reneges on plebiscite pledge, demanding Czech withdrawal and occupation of Sudetenland. 23rd September Czechoslovakia mobilizes. British chiefs of staff express 'confidence as to the ultimate outcome.' 24th September Hitler’s Godesberg Memorandum demands Czechs accept Sudetenland ultimatum by 2pm on 28th September. Later he sets occupation date back to 1st October 'out of respect' for Chamberlain. 25th September To Chamberlain’s shock, Halifax tells the Cabinet: 'Hitler has given us nothing…as if he had won a war without having to fight'. 26th September German generals refused audience with the Führer. Horace Wilson conveys Chamberlain’s letter to Hitler stating that if Czechs reject terms and France is involved, Britain will support France. 27th September Coup raiding party assembles at safe houses. Royal Navy ordered to mobilize. Hitler postpones German mobilization twenty-four hours, telling Goering, 'the English fleet might shoot after all'. 28th September Raiding party issued arms and ammunition. Chamberlain proposes conference by which Hitler will get 'all essentials without war and without delay'. 29th September Munich Accord—virtually identical to Godesberg Memorandum—signed by Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain and Daladier, excluding the Czechs. 30th September Czechoslovakia capitulates. Returning to Britain, Chamberlain declares 'peace for our time.' 2nd October Inspecting Czech fortifications, Hitler tells Goebbels, 'we would have shed a lot of blood.' 3rd October Duff Cooper resigns as First Lord of the Admiralty. Oster, Schacht, Gisevius and Witzleben burn their conspiracy papers. 5th October Beneš resigns as Czech President. In London, Churchill tells Parliament: 'we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat…' 6th October British Ambassador to Germany Nevile Henderson writes Lord Halifax, 'by keeping the peace, we have saved Hitler and his regime.' 10th October German troops begin occupying Sudetenland. Czechoslovakia loses 70% of its iron, steel and electrical power and 3.5 million citizens. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

15th July 1939 Fritz Klimsch 15th July 1939 Fritz Klimsch 1/0 Fritz Klimsch Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

28th September 1939 28th September 1939 1/1 Early WWII feldpost from FPN05519 (1. Kompanie Brücken-Bau-Bataillon 624). The image depicting the evangelical church at Toruń (Thorn) featuring a dual language caption. Ref: 28.09.1939 Another postcard sent via Feldpost from Toruń (Thorn) Early WWII feldpost correspondence (without FPN number) on postcard depicting a port scene in Toruń (Thorn), north-central Poland. With dual language caption. Ref: 05.10.1939 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

22nd September 1939 22nd September 1939 1/1 Early WWII feldpost from FPN25874 (2. Kompanie Brucken-Bau-Bataillon 624). Featuring a 28mm 'Feldpost' cancel (Type 1) - distinguishing letter 'b', with 3-digit Kenn number 247 (located in Poland). Postcard depicting a scene in Bydgoszcz (German: Bromberg). Ref: 22.09.1939 The story of Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Cover sent from Philipp Kosack, Berlin to Ernst Benedix in Gummersbach. Featuring Kosack's business vignette to the reverse. Stamps - Regional Costumes - Mi.593. Ref: 17.04.1936 17th April 1936 1/1 Cover sent from Philipp Kosack, Berlin to Ernst Benedix in Gummersbach. Featuring Kosack's business vignette to the reverse. Stamps - Regional Costumes - Mi.593. Ref: 17.04.1936 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

27th March 1936 1/1 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Stamps first issued on 15th February 1936 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Automobile; Opening of the International Automobile and Motorcycle Exhibition Berlin 1936. Mi.604-605 (15.02.1936) 1/1 Stamps first issued on 15th February 1936 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Automobile; Opening of the International Automobile and Motorcycle Exhibition Berlin 1936. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

6th March 1939 JB: Giessen 6th March 1939 JB: Giessen 1/1 Cover sent from Giessen featuring special cancellation JB:Giessen8/315. Ref: 06.03.1939 GIESSEN cancellations as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952) JB: Giessen8/315 - 'Besucht die alte/ Universitätsstadt/ Gießen an der Lahn', '-1/a'. Ref: 06.03.1939 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Barlog cartoon postcard depicting a soldier in bed asleep holding his rifle as if at attention. Bestell-Nr.1490 G. Ref: 09.05.1938 9th May 1938 Barlog 1490 & 8717 1/1 Barlog cartoon postcard depicting a soldier in bed asleep holding his rifle as if at attention. Bestell-Nr.1490 G. Ref: 09.05.1938 The caption reads: Translation required VARIATIONS Bestell-Nr.1490 (without 'G'). Identical image to Bestell-Nr.1490 G but with amended caption text. Ref: 07.10.1939 - 29/91 The caption reads: Translation required Bestell-Nr.8717. With identical image and caption text as Bestell-Nr.1490 G. Ref: 29.01.1940 Bestell-Nr.8717. With identical image and caption text as Bestell-Nr.1490 G. However, the imprint details have the publishers logo with a clear background and a lighter typeface. Ref: 05.01.1941 - 32/13 Bestell-Nr.8717. With identical image and caption text as Bestell-Nr.1490 G. However, the imprint details have the publishers logo with a clear background and the Bestell number is italicised. Ref: 24.02.1942 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

20th May 1943 20th May 1943 1/1 Feldpost cover sent from FPN 05374 to FPN 02871 (letter enclosed). Featuring 'Feldpostprüfstelle' closure tape (MFP1/123) AND ø28mm 'Geöffnet/ Feldpostprüf/ stelle' hand stamp (MFP18/126). Ref: 20.05.1943 Deatil of the hand stamp