SECOND WORLD WAR POSTCARDS

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LUFTWAFFE POSTCARDS
'DER ADLER'

This series of postcards appeared as part of an annual calendar produced by Scherl Velag, the same company that printed "Der Adler" - The Eagle, magazine. The calendar appeared in 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944. I have never seen an example of a calendar from 1940 or 1945 so I suspect only the above mentioned 4 issues were produced.



The format of the calendar consisted of one page for each week of the year, and beneath each weekly set of dates there was a tear-off postcard, see here for the complete calendar pages for 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944.



The magazine on the other hand ran to 146 issues, printed every other week from 1st Mar 1939 until 12th Sep 1944. Each issue initially had 24 to 36 pages, but as the war dragged on the number of pages was reduced to a mere 12 pages. The magazine was widely available in Germany but was also available in dual languages comprising German and one of the following: English, French, Italian, Romanian or Spanish.

The postcards are unnumbered. The 1941 edition has 53 postcards, the 1942 calendar also has 53 postcards, the 1943 and 1944 calendars do not have any tear off postcards. Total number of collectable cards is 106 (exckudes the advertising cards). The reverse of each card does have a brief description of the image found on the opposite side.

If you have a card and wish to know where it appeared in the calendar you can compare the text on the back of the card with the list below, click the link and you will be taken to the relevant position.