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Title: WW1 German PoW in Russia making bank transfer?
Post by: Jim Mackay on January 21, 2022, 05:15:29 PM
This card appears to have been sent by a German PoW in Russia to a bank in Sweden about a money transfer between a German bank and a Russian bank.

Google has translated the German message to something like this: I confirm that I have received this from Deutsche Bank by letter of credit from the Russian Bank for Foreign Trade.

I've heard of British officers cashing cheques in Germany drawn on Cox & Co but this card suggests a more commercial transaction.

Any suggestions?
Title: Re: WW1 German PoW in Russia making bank transfer?
Post by: Howard Weinert on January 22, 2022, 02:16:19 PM
Relatives of POWs in Russia could send them money using a Swedish intermediary bank. This POW acknowledges receipt of the money.
He is in Serpukhov, near Moscow. I don't think there was a camp there, so he may have been a civil internee. The card was censored in Petrograd.
Title: Re: WW1 German PoW in Russia making bank transfer?
Post by: Jim Mackay on January 22, 2022, 03:38:25 PM
Mystery solved!
Many thanks for this.
Jim