COLLECTION NAME:
Gustav Klemp German World War I collection
Record
Identifier:
C0250B01P35_001
Title:
Postcard featuring a photo of Klemp and another German soldier posing in front of trees
Creator:
Klemp, Gustav
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918
Subject:
Postcards
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front
Description:
Text in German: Back: [stamp:] Bef�rderung [zugelassen. | 11. Komp. Landw. Inf. Regt. Nr. 5] || K. D. Feldpostexped | 22. 7. 16. 9-10 V | der 11. Landw-Div. | [ms.:] Feldpostkarte | An | Frau Marlermstr Klemp | Podgorz b. Thorn | Marktstr 11. || [ms.:] Abs. Gefr Klemp | 11. Komp. L. I. R. 5. | 11. L-D. | im Osten. || Ru�l. den 19. 7. 16. | Liebe Martha! | Das letzte Paket erhielt ich auch | Diese Wurst war aber sch�n die vorige | nicht (wie Gummi.)
Deinen Brief hab | ich Dir wohl schon beantwortet. Kannst | Du mir nicht gelegentl. 1/2 mtr Gase [Gaze] her- | schicken. Denn es sind hier so viele M�cken | haupts�chlich nachts da� man nicht | schlafen kann. Wie geht es Euch alles | gesund? Habe mir wieder paar Bilder | machen lassen, sonst ist noch alles beim | Alten. Richard ist ja nun auch noch in | Thorn oder nicht mehr war es schon bei | Euch? Es gr��t Dich herzlichst Dein | Gustav | Gru� Elschen u Willi.
Text in English: Back: {[stamp:] Delivery [permitted. 11th Company Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 5] - K. D. Military postal services delivery July, 22, 1916. 9-10 am of 11th Landwehr Division | [ms.:] Military services postcard To Mrs. Master Painter Klemp, Podg�rz near Toru?, Market street 11. - Sender Private Klemp 11th Company Landwehr Infantry Regiment 5. 11th Landwehr-Division in the East. - Russia, July 19, 1916 Dear Martha! I also received the last package. This sausage was good, the previous one not (like rubber.) I have received your letter and I have already answered it. Could you please send me 1/2 Meter gauze. There are so many mosquitoes here, mainly at night so that I cannot sleep. How are you all, are you healthy? I have printed a few more pictures, otherwise everything is still the same. Richard is now also in Toru?, or not any more - did he visit you? I am sending my sincerest regards, yours, Gustav - Greetings to little Else and Willi.}
Klemp is marked by an "x" on his chest.
Deinen Brief hab | ich Dir wohl schon beantwortet. Kannst | Du mir nicht gelegentl. 1/2 mtr Gase [Gaze] her- | schicken. Denn es sind hier so viele M�cken | haupts�chlich nachts da� man nicht | schlafen kann. Wie geht es Euch alles | gesund? Habe mir wieder paar Bilder | machen lassen, sonst ist noch alles beim | Alten. Richard ist ja nun auch noch in | Thorn oder nicht mehr war es schon bei | Euch? Es gr��t Dich herzlichst Dein | Gustav | Gru� Elschen u Willi.
Text in English: Back: {[stamp:] Delivery [permitted. 11th Company Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 5] - K. D. Military postal services delivery July, 22, 1916. 9-10 am of 11th Landwehr Division | [ms.:] Military services postcard To Mrs. Master Painter Klemp, Podg�rz near Toru?, Market street 11. - Sender Private Klemp 11th Company Landwehr Infantry Regiment 5. 11th Landwehr-Division in the East. - Russia, July 19, 1916 Dear Martha! I also received the last package. This sausage was good, the previous one not (like rubber.) I have received your letter and I have already answered it. Could you please send me 1/2 Meter gauze. There are so many mosquitoes here, mainly at night so that I cannot sleep. How are you all, are you healthy? I have printed a few more pictures, otherwise everything is still the same. Richard is now also in Toru?, or not any more - did he visit you? I am sending my sincerest regards, yours, Gustav - Greetings to little Else and Willi.}
Klemp is marked by an "x" on his chest.
Date:
1916-07-22
Decade:
1910s
Genre/Form:
Portrait
Type:
Image
Format:
Postcard; sepia
Collection:
Gustav Klemp German World War I collection
Rights Statement:
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Physical Location:
Box 1, Page 35
Digital Publisher:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
Extent:
5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.