Team
A recent purchase from one of our respected Dealer members allows me to introduce something new prior to writing up.
A Postal Stationery Card to the International Red Cross Geneva. CROIX ROUGE SERBE Hand-stamp and what I suspect is a Austrian Censor cachet Zensuriert ------
Card is cancelled 27 VII 17, I cannot read the cancellation. Message on reverse is also datelined 27 / VII
Now for the mystery and query, Card shows a Boxed Cachet BRITISH RED CROSS AND ORDER OF ST JOHN 5. OCT.1917 SALONIKA
I cannot read the message, any takers?? General civilian inquiry I'd guess about a Serb held hopefully as a POW if not Dead. The mystery is the Salonika cachet.
I know there were large numbers of Serbian POWs in Bulgaria. Did this card get to Geneva, No postal markings.. Otherwise where was it between 27 July and 5 October 1917 and how did it get to Salonika from occupied territory.
It's certainly a 'cracker' just difficult understanding it all fully.
All thoughts welcomed.
Chris
censored by Austrian Censorship in Feldkirch ("KuK Zensurstelle Feldkirch"), on the border to Switzerland --> the typical transit route from Austria into Switzerland
the cancellation looks like ETAPPENPOSTAMT/KRAGUJEVAC (Serbia)
cannot read Serbian, sorry
regards, Peter
Thanks Peter.
This certainly helps with the first part of its journey.
Chris