The Holy Grail of postcards
Gentelmen I am proud to show of my new addition to my postcard collection.The Christmas card from the Africa Corps,Feildposted and with message 1942.In all my years of collecting I have only seen pictures of this card.If hpl2008 is around I would love to get a translation.please enjoy the attached
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Beautiful drawing!
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Nice one !!
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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Very nice motiv !
Never seen this one before. Sorry but can`t read the message on it.
Regards
JT
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Cool card, not one I have seen before.
Regards,
Jerry
Whateverits just an opinion.
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Glad you found it, first time I see one.
Thanks for showing.
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CongratsLooking forward to the translation
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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It says:
"Liebe Eltern!
Zu Weihnachten
noch einmal meine
herzlichen Grüße u. [= und]
meine besten
Wünsche fürs Neue
Jahr
Euer treuer Sohn
Manfred.
Grüßt bitte [...] von
mir. Ich hab kein Papier
mehr, ihnen zu schreiben"
...meaning:
"Dear parents!
Once again, my
cordial greetings
for Christmas and
my best
wishes for the new
year
Your devoted son
Manfred.
Please give my greeting to the [...]s
I have no more paper
to write them"
(Sorry, not sure about the name of the family to be greeted.)
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HPL is an amazing asset to this site!by HPL2008
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Thank you HPL2008. To me a translation makes the item much more valuable and interesting."You are the Man"
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