Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Bleichrodt Wartime Postcard Auction Archive Ireland around 1855

Ireland around 1855

The document was issued by the 19th (Replacement) Company of Luftgau Signals Regiment 12 and is dated to Wiesbaden (western Germany) on November 20

(Heer Waffenrock für Oberfeldwebel der Nebeltruppe)

Footnote: Harry Phillips was born in Worcestershire in 1882 and was working as a Gas Engineer in Borden Sask

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Bleichrodt Wartime Postcard Auction Archive Ireland around 1855(Kriegsmarine Postkarte). A wartime postcard depicting Kapitnleutnant Heinrich Bleichrodt, a U Boat ace who sunk 25 Allied ships between October 1939 and December 1943 for a total of 152,320 gross register tons, with Bleichrodt depicted in uniform and wearing the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, the reverse unused and with a Hoffmann studio mark, measuring 90 mm (w) x 140 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.