WW1 1916 German postcard, German graves in northern France cemetery

$20.00 CAD

| /

Color lithograph image of French cemetery with church behind it, groups of German soldiers in background.

Friedhof gefallener deutscher Krieger in Nordfrankreich
(Cemetery of fallen German warriors in Northern France)
 

Military postmark ‘FELDPOSTEXP.D. 26 RESERVE DIVISION 23 MRZ 16’. Mailed to soldier "---Haufsman  -- Inf Regt No. 13 47 Res. Division.."

Stamped box:’S.B. RES FELD-ART. R. 26.  1.MUN.-KOL.

Written “Dear brother Eduard…

The writer appears to be in he 26th Reserve Division.

Some light creases in image.  Light indent LR corner where mounted in album.

 

The 47th Reserve Division (47. Reserve-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed in September 1914 and organized over the next month, arriving in the line in October. It was part of the first wave of new divisions formed at the outset of World War I, which were numbered the 43rd through 54th Reserve Divisions. The division was part of XXIV Reserve Corps. It was disbanded on August 2, 1918.

The 26th Reserve Division (26. Reserve-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed on the mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 as part of the XIV Reserve Corps. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was raised in the Kingdom of Württemberg.

WIKIPEDIA