Lot 18
Six Postcards with Photographs of Jewish Soldiers – WWI
Six postcards with photographs of Jewish soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army (some with letters to relatives). Various locations, 1916-17 (and other years?).
1-2. Two postcards with photographs showing young people wearing army uniforms. Photographer: Johann Martin Lenz, Celje (today in Slovenia). Captioned (in Hebrew) in pencil: "The grandson of R. Samuel is shown working in the Austrian army during the war, 1916."
3-6. Four postcards with group photos of soldiers and handwritten letters (in German). Two of the postcards are addressed to Selig Adlerstein in Safed; one of these – showing soldiers wrapped in prayer shawls ("tallitot") – bears the caption (in Hebrew): "The prayer of members of the Army of Israel on Rosh HaShanah, year 5678 [1917] in the field in the course of the campaigns of the war."
Six postcards, approx. 13.5X9 cm. Condition varies. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Abrasions and (small) open tears to edges. One postcard with tear to width, secured with strip of adhesive tape on back.
