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3 Juni 1908. Sennelager 53.I.R.

            Men of the 5. Westfälisches Infanterie-Regt. Nr.53 (Cöln) VII Armee Korps, photographed in Sennelager, cancelled 4 Juni 1908. The sender, Georg Nagel is standing at far left.

Wearing the pre-war dunkelblau waffenrock, the shoulder straps were light blue with a red crown. As is evident in the photo, the vertical panel of the Brandenburg cuffs were piped in white. The man at far left is the NCO, Unteroffizier Georg Nagel. He was the sender of this postcard.

This photo was taken 10 years after the introduction of the Gewehr 98.

Departure stamp: Sennelager (Kr(eis) Paderborn, 4.6.08, 9-10 V(ormittags)
Arrival stamp: Cöln (Rhein) 4.6.08, 6-7 N(achmittags)

Abs.: Unt(ero)ff(i)z(ier) G(eorg) Nagel
11. Komp. Rgt. 53 zur Zeit Truppenübungsplatz Senne bei Paderborn

(An:)
Frau Sibylla Nagel
Köln am Rh(ein)
p(e)r Adr(esse) H(errn) Fr(anz?/Friedrich?) Marian
Corneliusstraße No. 19

Senne, den 3.6.08

Mein liebes Frauchen!
Sende Dir meinen herzlichsten Dank für Deinen lieben Brief. Hast Du denn meine Karte u(nd) Brief nicht erhalten? Es grüßt und küßt seine arme kleine Maus Dein treuer Männe Georg.
Grüß bitte zu Hause vielmals.

English translation:
Senne, 3 June 1903

My dear little wife,
Am sending you my most cordial thanks for your dear letter. Did you not receive my postcard and letter? Regards and kisses for his poor little mouse, your faithful hubby Georg.
Please say hi at home!

   

Taken in: Deutschland / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Sennelager (show map)

Taken on: June 3, 1908

Tags:

Dunkelblau

Pre-War

1908

Gewehr 88

S71

Sennelager

Kronensöhne

VII. Armeekorps

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Sets appears in: • Post 1898 / Pre-WWI • Dunkelblau Armee (Pre-War)

Groups appears in: • Deutsche Kaiserzeit ♔ The Imperial Germany • Prussia

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