KUNSTVERLAG E.A.SCHWERDTFEGER (E.A.S)
POSTCARDS
UNSERE WAFFEN SS - 374
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 '374' 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 and 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 373 in the top right-hand corner and it also consists of 16 cards.
No. 1
GUTE FREUNDE
GOOD FRIEND
No. 2
TROMPETERKORPS EINER SS-KAVALLIRIEDIVISION
TRUMPET CORPS OF AN SS CAVALRY DIVISION
No. 3
AUCH EIN KRIEGSKIND
ALSO A WAR CHILD
No. 4
BEI FRIEDLICHER ARBEIT
IN PEACEFUL WORK
No. 5
SPAHTRUPP
RECONNAISSANCE PATROL
No. 6
IM SCHUTZENLOCH
IN THE PROTECTIVE HOLE
