SECOND WORLD WAR POSTCARDS
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VERLAG HEINZ SCHRÖTER
WEHRMACHT-BILDSERIE
WEHRMACHT SERIES
This series of postcards is entitled "WEHRMACHT-BILDSERIE", a title used by several other publishing houses to depict the Wehrmacht in action. I don't know how many cards are in this series but below are some of the cards (numbered 5176 to 7107) which would make almost 2,000 cards which is unlikely, but not impossible given the subject.
Each card features an image of the Wehrmacht along with a short line of text. On the reverse along the top left-hand side is the title of the series as well as the following text 'Herausgegeben mit dem Einvernehmen | des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht' - ' Published with the consent of the Wehrmacht High Command'. The publisher is printed along the central divider 'Heinz Schröter, Fotografie u.Manuskript des Bildwerkes "Deutsche Wehrmacht"'. The card number is in the top right-hand corner where the stamp would have been affixed.
There are several variations of the title and publisher as below:
ABOVE: Type I
ABOVE: Type II
ABOVE: Type III
ABOVE: Type IV
No. 5176 / 1
EIN SCHLAUCHBOOT WIRD AN LAND GEZOGEN
AN INFLATABLE BOAT IS TOWED ASHORE
No. 5176/3
MOTORBOOT IN VOLLER FAHRT
MOTORBOAT AT FULL SPEED
No. 5196 / 4
MIT VEREINTER KRAFT WIRD DAS ROHR AUF DIE LAFETTE GEZOGEN
WITH COMBINED FORCE THE TUBE IS PULLED ONTO THE CARRIER
The postally used FELDPOST example below was cancelled on 7th Feb 1940.
No. 5199 / 2
AUCH BEIM STRÜMPFESTOPFEN - EIN MANN
ALSO DARNING STOCKINGS - A MAN
The next postally used example was cancelled in HANNOVER on 1st Apr 1940.
No. 5199 / 3
ANMARSCH ZUM "5-UHR-TEE"
MARCH FOR THE 5 O'CLOCK TEA
Postally used, the example below-left was a FELDPOST cancellation on 30th Dec 1941. The example below-right was cancelled in MÜNCHEN on 13th Jun 1940.
No. 5209
SOLDAT ALS HAUSFRAU
SOLDIER WITH HIS WIFE
The card below was a FELDPOST card cancelled in HANNOVER on 10th Jan 1940.
No. 5211 / 3
MG-TRUPP IN SCHWIERIGEM GELÄNDE
MG-TROOP IN DIFFICULT TERRAIN
Cancelled in WEISSENFELS 2 on 30th Nov 1940 the next example was a FELDPOST card.
No. 5218
EINE STOLZE STAFFEL
A PROUD REASON
Cancelled with a red heavy flak battery official stamp this FELDPOST card was dated 24th Apr 1944.
No. 5337
FEUERNDES M.G.
FIRING THE M.G.
The following example is an early usage FELDPOST card dated 11th Oct 1939.
No. 5341
STALLWACHE IN DER MITTAGSZEIT
STABLE GUARD AT LUNCH TIME
The next card was cancelled on 14th Nov 1941 at an unknown location.
No. 5420
FRÜHMORGENS BEIM "BETTENBAU"
EARLY MORNING “BED MAKING”
The card below is another FELDPOST example cancelled on 10th Dec 1941.
No. 5428
JEDEN ABEND EIN BILD DES FRIEDENS
EVERY EVENING A PICTURE OF PEACE
No. 5429
JEDER BAUT SEIN BETT SELBER
EVERYONE MAKES THEIR OWN BED
No. 5441
"KARO-EINFACH" SCHMECKT VORZÜGLICH
"KARO-EINFACH" TASTES EXCELLENT
The next example is a FELDPOST card cancelled at an unknown location on 12th Dec 1941.
No. 5454
DER TORNISTER WIRD ZUM AUSMARSCH GEPACKT
THE BACKPACK IS PACKED FOR THE MARCH
No. 5462
DAS PAKET MIT DANK ERHALTEN
PACKAGE RECEIVED WITH THANKS
Cancelled in GRAZ, AUSTRIA on 22nd Feb 1943 the following example was destined for ALSACE. The special cancellation is one used for a Reich post health and safety campaign.
No. 5474
UND ABENDS WIRD KLAMAUK GEMACHT
AND IN THE EVENING THERE'S A LOT OF CLASSICS
No. 5476
EINSATZBEREITSCHAFT HINTER KÜNSTLICHEN NEBEL
READY TO OPERATE BEHIND ARTIFICIAL FOG
No. 5512
DURCH FERNSPRECHER ERFOLGT DIE FEUERLEITUNG
FIRE CONTROL IS CARRIED OUT BY TELEPHONE
No. 5519
DER FALLSCHIRM WIRD BEFESTIGT
THE PARACHUTE IS ATTACHED
No. 5529
FÜHRER HAT DAS MUTTER GEMACHT
LEADER DID THIS MOTHER
No. 5542
FANFARENSIGNAL
FANFARE
Cancelled n TRIER on 13th Apr 1939 (?) the following example has a "Join the Air Raid Protection" special cancellation.
No. 5544
FANFARENSIGNAL
FANFARE
No. 5550
"AB MORGEN IST DAS DA ABGEÄNDERT"
“THAT WILL BE CHANGED FROM TOMORROW”
No. 5636
"PAK IN GASED AREA"
"PAK IN GASED AREA"
No. 5683
50 cm WASSER SIND KEIN HINDERNIS
50 cm OF WATER IS NOT AN OBSTACLE
No. 5691
DAS FEUER-KOMMANDO
THE FIRE COMMAND
No. 5700
AUF GUTE KAMERADSCHAFT
TO GOOD COMPANY
No. 5707
SIE WURDEN SOLDAT
YOU BECAME A SOLDIER
No. 5708
DEINE "HANDSCHRIFT" KENNE ICH, AUGUST
I KNOW YOUR “HANDWRITING”, AUGUST
No. 5721
FEUER !
FIRE
No. 5745
MIT KLINGENDEM SPIEL ZUM TOR HINAUS
BAND LEAVING THE BARRACKS
No. 5751
DONNERWETTER WILHELM, DAS WARST DU!
THUNDER WEATHER WILHELM, THAT WAS YOU!
No. 5758
PAK FEUERT AUF ANGREIFENDE KAMPFWAGEN
PAK FIRE AT ATTACKING VEHICLES
The FELDPOST card below was an early usage example cancelled in HASTE (OSNABRUCK) on 28th Aug 1939, just 4 days before the invasion of Poland on 1st Sep 1939.
No. 5771
HINLEGEN!
LIE DOWN!
The following FELDPOST example was cancelled at an Airbase in EGER (former Czechoslovakian region of the Sudetenland) on 10th Jun 1941, two weeks before Hitler's troops invaded the Soviet Union during operation Barbarossa.
No. 5784
PUTZ, HUFE UND ALLGEMEINZUSTAND WERDEN BEIM
APPELL DER PFERDE NACHGESEHEN
CHECKING THE HORSES
Below is another FELDPOST example cancelled on 8th Jan 1940. The referenced feldpost station 22430 belonged to "2. Fahrkolonne Infanterie-Divisions-Kolonne 240" (2nd transport column of Infantry Division Column 240) at the time.
No. 5788
UM DIE MITTAGSZEIT IN DER KANTINE
AT LUNCH IN THE CANTEEN
No. 5876
BEI GUTEM WETTER FINDET DAS WAFFENRINIGEN AUF DEM KASERNENHOF STATT
WHEN THE WEATHER IS GOOD, WEAPON CLEANING TAKES PLACE IN THE BARRACK YARD
No. 5879
DES MITTAGS VOR'M APPELL
LUNCH BEFORE COLLECTION
No. 5881
ANMARSCH ZUM 5 UHR-TEE
MARCH FOR 5 O'CLOCK TEA
No. 5883
BEIM HINDERNISLAUF
RACING ACROSS OBSTACLES
No. 5889
SMG SCHIEΒT SCHARF
SMG SHOOTS SHARP
This 5889 example was a FELDPOST usage in NEUBURG (DONAU) on 19th Sep 1939.
No. 5891
STURMTRUPP ZERSCHNEIDET DEN DRAHT
STORM TROOPER CUTS THE WIRE
Cancelled on 5th Apr 1943 this card was a FELDPOST usage cancelled in BÖEL.
No. 5960
BEIM FÜNF-UHR-TEE
AT FIVE O'CLOCK TEA
The postally used example below was an early example cancelled on 14th Sep 1938 in WEINSBERG (WURTT).
No. 5961
EIN BILD DES FRIEDENS
AN IMAGE OF PEACE
The postally used example below was cancelled in AMBERG on 2nd Aug 1939.
No. 5971
DIE LETZTE SEKUNDE VOR DEM SPRUNG
THE LAST SECOND BEFORE THE JUMP
No. 5973
PAK GESCHÜTZ WIRD IN STELLUNG GEBRACHT
THE PAK IS IN POSITION
No. 5984
SO WIRD DIE MASCHINE ENTLASTET
THIS WILL RELIEVE THE LOAD ON THE MACHINE
The example below was a FELDPOST cancellation in MEININGEN on 4th Dec 1939.
No. 5996
ALLE MANN IN DIE RÄDER !
EVERYONE HELP WITH THE WHEELS!
Another FELSPOST example, this time cancelled at an unknown location on 25th Sep 1942.
No. 6809/3 (?)
SOLDAT ALS HAUSFRAU
SOLDIER AS HOUSEWIFE
No. 7024
EIN NICKERCHEN IM SONNENSCHEIN
A NAP IN THE SUNSHINE
No. 7031
UM 13 UHR WIRD DIE WACHE ABGELÖST
AT 1 PM THE GUARD WILL BE RELIEVED
No. 7056
IN DER REITBAHN: SPRUNG ÜBER EIN HINDERNIS
IN THE RIDING ROUND: JUMPING OVER AN OBSTACLE
The following FELDPOST example was cancelled in OELS (SCHLES) on 17th Dec 1942.
No. 7107
DER "BOCK" WIRD AUFGERICHTET
THE “GOAT” IS SET UP
No. 7056
IN DER REITBAHN SPRUNG UBER EIN HINDERNIS
JUMPING OVER AN OBSTACLE IN THE RIDING CIRCLE
CARDS WITH UNKNOWN NUMBERS
No. 1
EINFAHRT EINER FÄHRE ZUM BRÜCKENBAU
ENTRY OF A FERRY FOR BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
No. 2
DAS SCHWERE FLAK-GESCHÜTZ KANN AUCH ZUM ERDBESCHUβ VERWENDET WERDEN
THE HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN CAN ALSO BE USED FOR GROUND TARGETS
No. 4
FLAKGESCHÜTZ FEUERBEREIT
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN IS READY TO FIRE
No. 5
FERNSPRECHLEITUNG BAU MIT DER GASMASKE
CONSTRUCTION OF TELEPHONE LINE WITH THE GAS MASK
No. 6
9 MANN ZUM FLURDIENST ANGETRETEN
9 MEN STARTED FOR FURNITURE DUTIES
No. 8
8 VOLKSGENOSSEN WERDEN SOLDAT
8 CIVILIANS BECOME SOLDIERS
No. 9
EINSATZBEREITES GEDECKTES SMG AUF BEOBACHTUNGSPOSTEN
READY FOR OPERATION COVERED SMG ON OBSERVATION POSTS
No. 10
DAS GESCHÜTZ WIRD IN DIE FEUERSTELLUNG GEBRACHT
THE GUN IS BROUGHT INTO FIRING POSITION
No. 11
HINTER DIESER WASSERWOLKE REICHT DAS 1. FAHRZEUG DER PAK KOMPANIE HERAN
BEHIND THIS WATER CLOUD THE 1ST VEHICLE OF THE PAK COMPANY APPROACHES
No. 12
5 UHR MORGENS WECKEN
5 AM WAKE UP
No. 13
10:30 UHR BIS 12 UHR REVIER REINIGEN. DIE SCHEIBEN HABEN SPIEGELBANK ZU SEIN
10:30 AM TO 12 PM CLEAN THE AREA. THE WINDOWS MUST BE AS BRIGHT AS A MIRROR
