KUNSTVERLAG E.A.SCHWERDTFEGER (E.A.S)
POSTCARDS

UNSERE WAFFEN SS - 373
OUR WAFFEN SS

This series of postcards was published by E.A.Schwerdtfeger (E.A.S) of Berlin and depicts elements of the Waffen SS in action. Each of these postcards is inscribed '373' in the top corner of the right-hand reverse pane. The top left-hand corner has the title of the series 'Unsere Waffen - SS' followed by the cards title. The bottom left-hand corner has the name of the photographer followed by the inscription 'Herausgegeben im Einvernehmen mit dem SS-Fuhrungs hauptamt' - 'Issued in agreement with the SS command main office'.

These postcards are unnumbered but there are 16 cards in the series and below is a selection of what was available. There was another similar series by E.A.S which had the Series Number 374 in the top right-hand corner, it also consisted of 16 cards.

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No. 1
FLA BEIM ERDBESCHUβ
FLAK EARTH SHOT

The card below depicts an 88mm Waffen-SS Flak team firing down into a valley from a high vantage point.

No. 2
FLA BEIM ERDKAMPF
FLAK IN MARTIAL COMBAT

Another Waffen-SS 88mm flak team in action, this time in an anti-tank role rather than the traditional anti-aircraft role.

No. 3
ARTILLERIE IN EINER PAβSTRAβE
ARTILLERY IN A PASSING ROAD

Another Waffen-SS Artillery Battery team in action. This time they are firing the 10cm Schwere Kanone 18, from a dusty mountain road. The gun was produced from 1934 until 1944 and 1,433 were manufactured. It could fire 6 shells per minute with an effective range of 19Km (12 miles).