German WW1 Propaganda

These German postcards mostly date from the WW1 period, some sent as “Feldpostkarten” ie forces postal service cards. Two in particular are clearly propaganda from early in the war period (see PC_GerProp01a & PC_GerProp01b).

Some were sold to support the German Air Fleet Command (see PC_GermanAF1 et seq). Others were sold in aid of German service personnel welfare funds.

Of particular interest for me, however, is the series of eight cards which show scenes in the life of Kaiser Wilhelm II and which also fit together as one composite image of the Kaiser (see PC_German14a-h).

Sub-albums

Aus dem Leben Kaiser Wilhelm II

Postcards

PC_German1
PC_Gebhardt
PC_German3
PC_German2
PC_German4Trench sketch: "The offer of peace" - unfranked postcard dated 1917 - pub Dr Trenkler & Co, Leipzig Strasse
PC_German5Field sketch of Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia 27-29 August 1914 - Feldpost card franked 1917
PC_German6
PC_German7
PC_German8
PC_Ger-Hildesheim
PC_GerProp01a
PC_GerProp01b
PC_German9
PC_GerProp02
PC_GerProp03
PC_GerProp04a-Kurzweg
PC_GerProp04b-Kurzweg
PC_GerProp05
PC_German11
PC_German12a & -12b
PC_German18a
PC_German18b
PC_GermanWL1042
PC_GermanWL1054
PC_GermanWL1055
PC_GermanWL1060
PC_GermanWL1066
PC_GermanWL1084
PC_GermanAF3
PC_GermanAF2
PC_GermanAF1
PC_GermanAF4
PC_Ger-KHB79Offizielle Karte für Rotes Kreuz, Kriegsfürsorgeamt, Kriegshilfsbüro Nr 79
PC_Ger-KHB204Offizielle Karte für Rotes Kreuz, Kriegsfürsorgeamt, Kriegshilfsbüro Nr 204
PC_Ger-Soldatenlieder01 (1)
PC_Ger-UBootTag01 (1)
PC_Ger-LuftflottenVer01 (1)Handwritten, but unposted postcard - sold in aid of the Luftflotten Verein
PC_German15-WelfareOfficial postcard sold in aid of “Hilfsaktion - Kälteschutz” No 389 (KHB)
PC_German10-WelfareSold in aid of welfare for the war-wounded Postcard franked ? c 1922 (?) - see stamp and postmark ->
PC_German11-WelfarePostcard franked Dahlhausen (?) 1916 - General Hans Hartwig von Beseler (1850-1921) Born in Greifswald, Pomerania, on 27 April 1850, Beseler entered the Prussian Army in 1868, fought in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and had a successful military career until his retirement in 1910. At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Beseler was brought out of retirement and was given command of the 3rd Reserve Corps in the German First Army led by Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck. In the spring of 1915, Beseler was sent to the Eastern Front with Max von Gallwitz's 9th Army where he led the successful siege of Novogeorgievsk. On 27 August 1915 Beseler was made Military Governor of the German-occupied part of the zone of Polish lands, or Congress Poland, and served as such until the end of the war. Beseler died on 20 December 1921 in Neu-Babelsberg near Potsdam. He was buried at the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin. PC sold in aid of welfare for the war-wounded ->
PC_Ger-Kinder-Verein-K889
PC_Ger-Invalidendank103Unused postcard published and sold for benefit of war-wounded (Invalidendank Wohlfahrtskarte)
PC_Ger-Invalidendank114aUnused postcard published and sold for benefit of war-wounded (Invalidendank Wohlfahrtskarte)
PC_Ger-Invalidendank114bUnused postcard published and sold for benefit of war-wounded (Invalidendank Wohlfahrtskarte)
PC_German-Weihnachten01
PC_German-Weihnachten02
PC_Ger-NeujahrPostcard franked Hamburg 1916 - New Year greetings Depiction of sorrow for absence of son/husband/father at war (cf Bamforth Song Cards )
PC_German26
PC_German27
PC_German_Krieg153-2Postcard franked K D Feldpost 1917 - Pub: Gebrüder Dietrich, Leipzig Auf Urlaub - Kriegserlebnisse
PC_A-Thiele_153-3Postcard franked Feldpost 1917 - Pub: Gebrüder Dietrich, Leipzig Auf Urlaub - Stuermische Begruessung
PC_A-Thiele_153-7Postcard franked K D Feldpost 1916 - Pub: Gebrüder Dietrich, Leipzig Auf Urlaub - Unter alten Freunden
PC_A-Thiele_153-8Postcard unfranked - Pub: Gebrüder Dietrich, Leipzig Auf Urlaub - Der Sonntagsausflug
PC_German-RedCross
PC_German19
PC_German20
PC_German21
PC_German22
PC_German23
PC_German24
PC_German25a
PC_German25b
PC_German25c
PC_German25d