SECOND WORLD WAR POSTCARDS
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BARLOG POSTCARDS
1400 Series
The following sets of postcards were published by DRIESEN VERLAG and I have titled them series 1400, series 8500 and series 8700. They are popularly know as Barlog postcards after the artist, Ferdinand Barlog who's work is featured in them. The cards depict the humourous side of the life of a new recruit in the German army. The earliest example in my collection is a 8700 cancelled on 15th Aug 1939.
Series 1400 Cards: 1450 to 1459
Series 1400 Cards: 1460 to 1469
Series 1400 Cards: 1470 to 1479
Series 1400 Cards: 1480 to 1489
Series 1400 Cards: 1490 to 1499
Series 8500 Cards: 8500
Series 8700 Cards 8700 to 8709
Series 8700 Cards 8710 to 8719
Series 8700 Cards 8720 to 8729
Series 8700 Cards 8730 to 8739
Series 8700 Cards 8740 to
No. 1460
No. 1461
No. 1462
The design on this card features a German bi-plane diving left towards the ground with a large cockerell in the top left-hand corner.
No. 1463
The design on this card is similar to the one above only now it features a German bi-plane diving right towards the ground with a woman chasing a man in the top left-hand corner.
No. 1464
No. 1465
No. 1466
No. 1467
This card features a soldier pouring sand out of his boot and has the same design as 8720. The inscription on the front of the card reads "Mokomust dar gauze Sand blo her? Vom Übungsplatz, der hat noch, mehr!" - 'Does that mean that all the sand comes from here? FRom the practise ground there is more!'
No. 1468
The cartoon on this card shows a German soldier in the canteen trying to decide what to eat for dinner. This is the same design as 8709
No. 1469
The cartoon on this card shows two German soldier wringing the water out of their laundry. This is the same design as 8710
REFERENCE SOURCES
1. MICHEL Handbuch-Katalog Deutsche Feldpost 1937-1945 (c) 1991 ISBN: 3-87858-452
3. transkribus an AI site that can be used to decipher texts written in old German script
