SECOND WORLD WAR POSTCARDS

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BARLOG POSTCARDS
8700 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

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No. 8740

This card shows German soldiers in the dorm playing cards and is identical to 8743 with the exception that 8743 has additional texts in the top right-hand corner. The text reads "Nie kehrst du wieder, goldne Zeit, so frei und ungebründen". - 'You will never return golden age, so free and unfettered'.

The example below was cancelled in KOBLENZ on 31st Aug 1939, the day before the German invasion of POLAND. The slogan invites Germans to join the Air Raid Protection League.

No. 8741

No. 8742

No. 8743

This card shows German soldiers in the dorm playing cards and is identical to 8740 with the exception that 8743 has additional texts in the top right-hand corner. The text reads "Nie kehrst du wieder, goldne Zeit, so frei und ungebründen". - 'You will never return golden age, so free and unfettered'.

No. 8744

This card shows German soldiers sitting on their beds in the dorm with an officer and two other soldiers at the doorway. The title reads "darf ich zun dienst bitten, minen Herren!" - 'May I ask you to start work, gentlemen'.