COLLECTION NAME:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Record
Identifier:
exwsPmr4_pg11_itm1_pc01
Title:
Paul Pommer correspondence, 1916-11-24, World War I
Creator:
Pommer, Paul
Description:
Postcard from musketeer Paul Pommer, addressed to the family of Gust. (Gustav) Pommer in Frankfurt, Germany. Letter dated November 24, postmarked Darmstadt, Übungsplatz, November 25, 1916. The postcard features an illustration of two German cavalrymen in the battlefield. Below this image the poem "Reiterlied" written by Theodor Körner. In his message, Pommer briefly mentions that he should be available on Sunday to be visited by his family and that he gets out of the barracks at 3.
Description:
Card with color picture of soldiers and verse; postmark: 25.11.16; 3.25x5.25" (8.5x13.5 cm)
Date:
1916-11-24
Location:
Darmstadt (Germany)
Time Period:
Nineteen tens
Subject:
Pommer, Paul--Correspondence
Subject:
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German
Subject:
Personal correspondence
Subject-AAT:
Correspondence artifacts
Subject-AAT:
Picture postcards
People Identified:
Körner, Theodor, 1791-1813
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Source:
Paul Pommer, World War I German soldier's scrapbook. World War I German Soldiers Album Collection. Western Michigan University Special Collections: http://luna.library…
Provenance:
Purchased by WMU Special Collections in February 2015 from F.A. Bernett Books of Boston, who obtained them from the family of Paul Pommer, Germany.
Language:
ger
Collection:
World War I and World War II: Personal Narratives
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Known Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
File Format:
image/jp2
Digitization Date:
2019