Germany, Imperial Army. Three Wartime Postcards From Soldier To His Wife Hold Major of the Wehrmacht

Major of the Wehrmacht

The certificate for the War Merit Cross is made out to Oberleutnant (Senior Lieutenant) Kunze on the Staff of the Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung (Flak Searchlight Detachment) 328

with the inscription “Bell(icae) Virtutis Praem(ium)” (Reward of Wartime Valour)

Puttkamer was stationed at the Führerbunker in Berlin

Germany, Imperial Army. Three Wartime Postcards From Soldier To His Wife Hold Major of the WehrmachtTwo of the cards show the sender, a man named Heinz, as part of his unit, one is a portrait of just him in which he wears an Iron Cross 2nd Class ribbon. One card is undated, the others are dated to October 3, 1915, and to Easter 1918. Heinzs wife remains unnamed, he only refers to her as Schatz (darling).