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    G'day all, I bought this postcard a few years back, I wonder what this bloke was thinking when he wrote this and whether he survived.
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    Reverse side.
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    Not sure but I like the card

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    I love the feldposts! I have a thread of ww1 ones. So much can be learned from these! I have a bunch of full letters from one soldier to his girl from WW2. Awesome stuff. I hope someone translates this for you. Maybe HPL can.

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    Would be great to get it translated but it might be difficult, it is written in pencil and as I can't read German I'm not sure how legible it is. It looks like the bloke may not have put neat writing on the top of his priority list either.

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    Thats a great card! I wonder if he survived ! Like you say it would be fantastic to get it translated

    Nick
    "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem

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    A nice card very collectable items !!
    The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )

    1st July 1916

    Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
    Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
    Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
    Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
    We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
    But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader

    House Carles at the Battle of Hastings

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    Quote by Good Pwny View Post
    I hope someone translates this for you. Maybe HPL can.
    Oh, how I hate that Sütterlin script... Alright, here we go, but I'm afraid I had to leave a few blanks.

    It says:

    "[in print:]

    1941
    Frohe
    Weihnachts-
    Grüße
    aus
    Rußland


    [in handwriting:]

    und die besten Wünsche zum Jahres-
    wechsel sendet Dir, lieber Adolf, Deiner
    lieben Gattin und besonders
    [...] [...] [...]
    allen Kameraden von der Zusammenkunft
    am 2.11.41 Dein Paul


    [inverted, in handwriting on top:]

    Für alle Grüße herzlichen Dank.



    ...meaning:



    "[in print:]

    1941
    Merry
    Christmas-
    Greetings
    from
    Russia


    [in handwriting:]

    and the best wishes for the turn of the
    year are sent to you, dear Adolf, your
    dear wife and especially
    [...] [...] [...]
    all comrades from the gathering
    on 2 Nov. 1941 Your Paul


    [inverted, in handwriting on top:]

    Heartfelt thanks for all greetings"

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    Wow! Thanks HPL, that is amazing. I really thought that would be hard to translate but you have done a sterling job there mate, thank you very much, really well done, cheers,
    Dave.

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    Super nice card and subject. Thanks as usual HP for making it even more special by translating the wonderful sutterlin for us mere mortals.:0

    Jay

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