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April Fool / April Fish — April 1, 1915. French soldiers catching German fish in the Aisne River. After the Battle of the Marne in September 1914, German forces retreated to the high ground north of the Aisne river. They held it until 1917. |
1r Avril Au bord de l'Aisne
Comment fais tu donc pour en prendre?
Pardi! J'amorce avec du 'pain blanc'
Encore kamarade
Logo: JK
9507
April 1 on the bank of the Aisne
So how do you take them?
Of course! I begin with 'white bread'
Another comrade |
1915, 1915-04-01, April, April Fool's Day, April fool, April fish, Aisne |
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A Zeppelin April Fool, an April fish. The reverse contains a message dated March 29, 1915. |
1r Avril
1
- Je suis le poisson d'Avril
- Je ne tiens qu'a un fil
- Moins dangereux que je n'en ai l'air
- Je ne suis en sureté que sur terre
2
Le moindre petit coup de vent
Me retourne complétement
Vous avouerez, pour un dirigeable
Que c'est plutôt lamentable.
1
- I am the April Fool
- I am hanging on by a thread
- I'm less dangerous than I am in the air
- I'm not reliable other than on Earth
2
The slightest gust of wind
Turns me completely
You must admit, for an airship
That it is rather dismal
JK 9506
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Message dated March 29, 1915 |
Zeppelin, April 1, April Fool, 1915, 1915-04-01 |
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Fröhlige Ostern! (Happy Easter!) 1915 by Karl Wieland. Original pencil sketch on field postcard. Easter was on April 4, 1915.
Field postmarked March 29.
??? Besondere Formationen (Special Forces) |
Fröhlige Ostern!
Happy Easter!
1915
Karl |
German, hand-drawn, pencil, trench art, Easter, 1915, feldpost, 1915-03-29, 1915-04-04, Oster, Ostern, Ostern 1915, Easter Sunday, Easter 1916, Easter Sunday 1916 |
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Postcard of a drawing dated April 2, 1915 by V. Lange of a German soldier at his observation post behind sniper plates. |
Beobachtungsstand
Observation post
... 2. April 1915.
VLange
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Message field-postmarked November 22, 1915
Stengel & Co., G.m.b.H., Dresden 53024
Beobachtungsstand
Observation post |
drawing, original, German, trench, sniper, sniper plate, 1915, 1915-04-02, 1915-22-11, November, artist, V Lange, Lange, April, Feldpost, observation post |
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French commander Joffre opens an Easter egg to reveal Alsace. The sender sent kisses to Jeanne Charbonnel on April 10, 1915. April 4 was Easter. |
Paques 1915
Joffre
à la France qui l'a bien méritée
Easter 1915
Joffre
to France who has well deserved her
Signed HArmenoul 1915
Handwritten:
Bons baisers
10-4-15
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Bons baisers
10-4-15 |
France, Joffre, Alsace, Easter 1915, Easter, 1915, Easter egg, 1915-04-04, 1915-04-10, April, 1915-04-05, Paques, Ostern, Paques 1915, Ostern 1915, Easter Sunday, Easter 1915, Easter Sunday 1915 |
