SECOND WORLD WAR POSTCARDS

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VERLAG DIE WEHRMACHT

This series of postcards (from Verlag der Wehrmacht KG, Berlin) was included as part of an annual "Wehrmacht Kalender" which appeared from 1938 until 1943. There were 52 tear-off postcards per calendar (no postcards in the 1943 issue) and the images are very typical of the type of postcards that were being published in Germany prior to, and in the early years, of the Second World War.





These calendars are difficult to get hold of in their complete form so currently I do not know which cards were issued in which calendar. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. To access the postcards by which calendar they were in, for thoise that I can confirm, see the following links:

1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943

For the other cards for which I don't yet have the details of which calender they were in, I have divided them up based on the publisher's details printed along the vertical divider on the reverse of the card.

There appear to be at least four series, all of which are very similar. The difference can be seen in the text running vertically along the central dividing line on the reverse of the cards, in particularly the street and numbers at the end of the line of text.

More research is required on these cards and any additional information would defintely be appreciated.


ABOVE: Series 7-8: BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG 2, UNLANDSTR, 7-7


ABOVE: Series 18-25: BERLIN SW 68, SCHOTZENSTR, 18/25


ABOVE: Series 37: BERLIN W8, KRONENSTRASSE 37