Germany, Imperial Army. Three Wartime Postcards From Soldier To His Wife Archive on a cotton backer

on a cotton backer

mounted on a full length of neck ribbon

with two large (23mm in diameter) doomed nuts on reverse

with his father receiving his medals and his Memorial Plaque

edged by yellow cello waffenfarbe (representing Flight/Paratrooper units)

Germany, Imperial Army. Three Wartime Postcards From Soldier To His Wife Archive on a cotton backerTwo of the cards show the sender, a man named Heinz, as part of his unit, one is a portrait of just him in which he wears an Iron Cross 2nd Class ribbon. One card is undated, the others are dated to October 3, 1915, and to Easter 1918. Heinzs wife remains unnamed, he only refers to her as Schatz (darling).