Feldpost# 12179

[slados28]

I've found this one: Stalingrad-Feldpost.de but I'm having problems translating/making proper sense of it..... looks to be a really good resource though!

[Datrus]

Interesting and fascinating subject.

[slados28]

Interesting and fascinating subject.

Indeed it is.... there's lots to learn as well, I'm hoping to create a Stalingrad display with period photos and various Stalingrad soldier equipment and belongings etc. Haven't gotten very far yet but I'm hoping to get there soon enough..

Could anyone help decipher the fp cover?



I've got the first name and rank of both sender and recipient (brothers Gefr. Fritz and Uffz. Heinz) already, what I can't make out with 100% certainty is their last name (Loch?) and the letter behind "20250" (D or L?)

[Paul D]

I've found this one: Stalingrad-Feldpost.de but I'm having problems translating/making proper sense of it..... looks to be a really good resource though!

Excellent site you can translate what you want through Babelfish !!

[slados28]

Never tried Babelfish before just now and it seems to work perfectly... nice!

Could anyone take a look at the felpost cover I posted a few posts up? Still not entirely sure about the last names of recipient and sender etc...
This is what I've got so far though:

The letter was written Sept. 20th, 1942 and subsequently sent Sept. 28th, 1942 from fp# 12179 belonging to Panzerjäger- u. Aufklärungs-Abteilung 156 which was under 56 Infanterie Division - Korps XXXXI (Sept. to Oct. 1942)-2. Pz. Armee-Armeegruppe Mitte, which was stationed in Orel, Russia from Jan. 1942 - Aug. 1943.

The letter was written by Gefreiter Fritz Loch (?) to his brother Unteroffizier Heinz Loch (?) who served under Infanterie Rgt 379 (feldpost# 20250 D) which was stationed in Finland from June 1941 through to early 1944

Any and all corrections or additions received with thanks! I always try to squeeze whatever info there is out of items I add to my collection, a bit obsessive?