Pierre Grande Guerre
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Dear Friends,
I really do hope this message is not off topic here, otherwise replace and forgive me.
Yesterday I got this German postcard as a present of my friend, Poilu Rouge, a fellow front visitor.
We are able to deduce the historical backgrounds of the picture of Flanders in the Forgotten Winter of January 1915.
The flipside of the postcard is something else. It is a kind of riddle for us, filled with a hidden human interest about the writer of the postcard, Kapitan Lieutenant, W. Wilmkes.
We both are able to speak, understand and read modern German language. But we can not decipher the gothic, German, style handwriting of the époque.
We both have learned to write, very old fashioned nowadays, with a crowned pen and a pot of ink and “binding” the letters together. But we still are not able to decipher more than “Fraulein”, “Duisburg” and the name of the sender.
Besides that, we are curious to the date of postcard, “24 -4-a”, and the whereabouts of the 7th Reserve Corps.
If possible, we might ask for the unquestionable, we might like to know more about Kapitan Lieutenant, W. Wilmkes, and his adventures and fortunes of war, may it be fatal or not.
Our queste, of Poilu Rouge and me, will go on anyway, triggered by this mysterious appearance of fate. I do hope some of you can help us also.
On behalf of Poilu Rouge and me
Thanks, Guys , for your attention.
Pierre GG
P.S. For the Dutch readers: lees ook wat uitgebreider over deze historische ansichtkaart in Pierre’s Column : http://pierrescolumn.punt.nl/#276011 !!!
Pierre GG