WWI German Postcard RPPC - Feldwebel Medic, 44th Reserve Div
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
February 17, 1915
The Subject - A "Healer-Marksman" This stunningly clear portrait depicts Feldwebel E. Förster of Reserve-Sanitäts-Kompagnie 44 (Reserve Medical Company 44). Prussian Long Service Medal: The second award on his medal bar, signifying his status as a long-serving career soldier who was in the army well before the war began.
Red Cross Armband: On his left arm, he wears the unmistakable armband of a medic, identifying him as a non-combatant protected under the Geneva Conventions. The Context - "The Calm Before the Storm" The postcard is precisely dated and located on the reverse: Middelkerke, Belgium - February 17, 1915. The Artifact - A Piece of History This is an original Real Photo Postcard produced by the professional studio "Phot. Kunstanstalt Falkenstein i.
Evidence at a glance
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- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 3.4x 5.4in
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 199038514
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.