Swiss Austria Serbia Red Cross Card

[Chris Grimshaw]

Afternoon Team

Having moved into a new area of WWI in the East and currently a novice with this material I show something new,

Post Card of Switzerland Cancelled Geneva 26 VII 16, pencil note Received? 26/IX, a month later.
Triangular Hand-stamp in Red ZENSUR ASTEILUNG . WEIN. Austrain Censor?
Addressed to Beogzad (Belgrade)

Government General de Belgrade Serbia Hand-stamp  in Violet

CROIX ROUGE SERBE Bureau Renseignomets GENEVE Hand-stamp = Information Office

On the reverse is a Red Cross and threee Line Cachet which I cannot read,

Any help appreciated.  I presume its written in Serbo-Croat?

Chris

[Peter Gassmann]

Hi Chris

here is an exhibit showing a number of items with the triangular mark of the "Gemeinsames Nachweisbüro Wien". The organisation was apparently called Gemeinsames Zentralnachweisbüro (GZNB) and was responsible for censorship of POW mail in Austria-Hungary.

best regards, Peter

[Peter Gassmann]

and here is a similar item related to this

best regards, Peter

[Chris Grimshaw]

Hi Peter

Very nice Card. No link to the exhibit you mention however.

Chris

[Howard Weinert]

Chris,

The handstamp on back reads:
Correspondence is allowed only via this address
GZNB Information Bureau for POWs in Vienna.

Cheers,

Howard

[Chris Grimshaw]

Thanks Howard

Appreciated.

Chris

[Peter Gassmann]

hmm, was probably too tired  8)

http://www.exponet.info/exhibit.php?exhibit_ID=1364&lng=EN

best regards, Peter

[Chris Grimshaw]

Thanks Peter

Have had a look at this exhibit, brilliant.  A wealth of information.

Thank You

Chris