GERMAN POSTAL HISTORY

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FELDPOST - FIELD POST
"Soldatenblätter für feier und Freizeit"
"Soldier's sheets for celebrations and leisure"

In April 1940 a series of booklets titled "Soldatenblätter für feier und Freizeit" - "Soldier's sheets for celebrations and leisure" was published by the OKW (OberKommando der Wehrmacht), or Wehrmacht High Command. The booklets were printed every month from Apr 1940 until Nov/Dec 1944.

1940: 9 Issues, one per month, from April to Dec
1941: 11 issues, one per month, from Jan to Nov/Dec (the last issue of the year was a double issue)
1942: 11 Issues, one per month now catalogued as heft 1, heft 2, heft 3, ... heft 11/12.
1943: 11 issues, one per month catalogued as heft 1, heft 2, heft 3, ... heft 11/12.
1944: 11 issues, one per month catalogued as heft 1, heft 2, heft 3, ... heft 11/12.

The cards can be sorted by the number of lines of publisher's text running aloong the vertical dividing line.

Type A: One line of text
Type B: Two lines of text
Type C: No text along the vertical divider.

1940 Postcards

Issued in 1940 the first series of magazines consisted of 9 magazines with a total of 20 postcards.

April

The first issue of the magazine featured two postcards

1. ARTIST: Unknown. TYPE: C. DESCRIPTION: Left address side image, “Denn wir fahren Gegen Engelland" - 'Because we are going against England'



2. ARTIST: Unknown. TYPE: C. DESCRIPTION: Whole Page image, "Front heiβt ein Willie …”

May

The second issue of the magazine featured two postcards.

1. ARTIST: Unknown. TYPE: C. DESCRIPTION: Drawing of a Stuka




2.ARTIST: Unknown. TYPE: C. DESCRIPTION: Drawing of a Tank

June

The third issue of the magazine featured two postcards.

1. ARTIST: Unknown. TYPE: C. DESCRIPTION: Gun on address side
2. ARTIST: Unknown. TYPE: C. DESCRIPTION: Saying „Wer Kampf …“

July

1. ARTIST: H. v. Medrey. TYPE: C. DESCRIPTION: Motorcycle and side car
2. ARTIST: H. v. Medrey. TYPE: C. DESCRIPTION: Two soldiers with a Machine Gun

August

The fifth issue of the magazine featured two postcards.

1. ARTIST: H. v. Medrey. TYPE: C. DESCRIPTION: Pioneers Building a Bridge



2. ARTIST: UH. v. Medrey. TYPE: C. DESCRIPTION: Tank on a pontoon bridge

September

The sixth issue of the magazine featured two postcards.

1. ARTIST: Erich Hess. TYPE: C. DESCRIPTION: Two Stukas dropping their bombs on an industrial plant
2. ARTIST: Erich Hess. TYPE: C. DESCRIPTION: British fighter is shot down with the pilot bailing out

October

The seventh issue of the magazine featured two postcards.

1. ARTIST: Unknown. TYPE: A. DESCRIPTION: Fighting in a field




2. ARTIST: Unknown. TYPE: A. DESCRIPTION: Hand grenade launcher

November

The eigth issue of the magazine featured two postcards.

1. ARTIST: A. V. Ludowig. TYPE: A. DESCRIPTION: Parachutist



2. ARTIST: A. V. Ludowig. TYPE: A. DESCRIPTION: Anti-Aircraft Gun

KRIEGSWEIHNACHTEN 1940 - December

The ninth and final issue of the 1940 series featured two postcards but does not bear the title December, instead it is titled "KRIEGSWEIHNACHTEN 1940" - "WAR CHRISTMAS 1940".

1. ARTIST: F. D. Braun. TYPE: A. DESCRIPTION: Soldier in front of Christas tree/family




2. ARTIST: F. D. Braun. TYPE: A. DESCRIPTION: Soldier in forest with Christmas tree