A P.o.w. Postcard From Texas To A.h. With Birthday Wishes Newly Listed both are ground recovered examples

both are ground recovered examples (or poorly stored)

first as a Surveyor

The recipient is Verwaltungsobergefreiter (Administrative Senior Lance Corporal) of the Kriegsmarine Paul Roth

exquisite quality

Footnote: The International Aeronautical Federation awarded a series of proficiency badges to glider pilots on their successful completion of the appropriate test and gliding trials

A P.o.w. Postcard From Texas To A.h. With Birthday Wishes Newly Listed both are ground recovered examplesMeasuring 140x83mm, near extremely fine with light scuffing and creasing, and minimal soiling. The card was sent by Werkmeister (artificer) Josef Gross at P. O. W. camp Brady, camp II compound 5, Texas. Seeing as most Texan P. O. W. camps were used for German prisoners taken in northern Africa, and that Camp Brady was established in 1943, it is possible that Gross had been a member of the German Afrika Korps. The recipient is the chancellery of the