PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1940)

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THE DAY OF THE WEHRMACHT
(17th Mar 1940)

BACKGROUND: There were several postcards published to commemorate the day of the Wehrmacht on 17th Mar 1940.

SPECIAL CANCEL:

VERLAG HERMANN SONNTAG & Co.
(17th Mar 1940)

Published by Hermann Sonntag to commemorate the Day of the Armed Forces this postcard features a soldier looking back over his shoulder whilst carrying a rifle with bayonet fixed.

ERS BATL II/133

This postcard features a German soldier (top half of his body), looking up and to the right, and is coloured in various shades of reddish-brown. Below the solder is the inscription "TAG DER WEHRMACHT | AM. 17. MARZ - 1940"

VERTRAG VON VERSAILLES
VERSAILLES CONTRACT

This postcard features an artist's impression of a map of Germany with two arms wrapped around it wearing a set of broken handcuffs. The hands are separated by white Reich's eagle and they are tearing a cloth inscribed "VERTRAG VON VERSAILLES".

GERMAN SOLDIER

This postcard does not have any inscription on the image side, but does feature the head and shoulders of a German soldier looking to the right.

LARGE SWASTIKA FLAG

This foreboding postcard is coloured in dark brown and black and features a large swastika flag with 4 aircraft flying below it in the distance and a group of 8 soldiers. Above the image is the inscription "TAG DER WEHRMACHT | 1940"