1913 RPPC 2 Austria-Hungarian Solders Sent By Kuk Bahnpost

Hello, This is another postcard I got in a asmall group of cards. This is a real photo postcard that shows two Austro-Hungarian soldiers in dress uniforms. This card is dated 10913just prior to WW1. The stamp has been removed but the cancel is all there and reads--K.U.K. Bahnpost Gravosa- Sarejevo. which means it was posted by rail.
Thanks
David

Nice, they look like rear Echelon types..look at the shoes..i remember the pictures my Grandfather had of himself and friends stripped to the waist in the snow picking lice out of their tunics..too bad the stamp is missing !

A Super postcard David,
thanks for sharing it with us.

Hi philb and rod222, I hate that the stamp is missing too. I collect postcards too but for me they are also another aspect of stamp and postal history collecting. I agree with you phil, they don't look like they spend a lot of time in the field.
David

Well heres a portion of my DNA I guess Grandpa had a dress uniform also..he was in an Alpine(dolomite)

regiment of course !

Hi Phil, That is a great photo. Is the Alpine a unit of the military? The reason I ask is because I have a postcard addressed to someone in a unit called Chasseurs Alpins. It may or may not be the same thing.Please let me know about the Alpines.
Thanks
David

I guess they were thrown into the maelstrom that was to come. It is just as well that they did not know what was coming.

Fincbob, here`s a link. germ.: Gebirgsjaeger/ aust-hun:Landesschützen,/french:Chasseurs Alpin,/brit: Alpine Hunter/rom. vinatori de munte/ magy. hegyivadász. Chasseur, jaeger, vinator, vadasz= hunter in french, german, romanian, hungarian. In fact riflemen, trained for mountain battles, lightly armed, mobile force, they have to learn skiing :)).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebirgsj%C3%A4ger

Hi David, I guess coming from the mountain/valley regions of the Trentino region they were just naturally mountain troops.when I was there I came accross a museum from the first world war..it showed photos of mortar shells as tall as a man..they just fired them at each other from mountain to mountain..and climbing ropes to engage another small group of mountain troops is not really my thing..well he survived 4 years and I am here !!

That first postcard is great.

Love the guy on the left -- the haircut, the mustache...

KS

wadmalatz, Thank you for the excellent link. It is very informative

This is the only thread that addresses Bahnpost = Railway
so I thought I'd pop this one here.
A little faint however.
I am not conversant with German material.

thats a nice one Rod !!

Thanks Phil, a little toned,
I'll pencil in RPO under the stamp on the album page.
100m seems expensive, perhaps a large parcel.
as I said, I am a newbie for Germany.

Its a bit hard to tell the date on the stamp Rod but according to the graph below and the release date of the stamp (which is either Oct 1922 or Feb 1923 depending on the watermark) and the stamp only having one cancel I'd say it was used to send a domestic letter. This is a fascinating period to collect Rod. You can become a multimillionaire very cheaply.

What a great graph, Peter
easily explains the 100 mark stamp
nicely solved there.

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