WWI German Feldpost 3rd Guard Infantry Division Christmas Eve 1914 - C. Röchling Art Postcard SP24

WWI German art postcard depicting soldiers of the 3rd Guard Infantry Division receiving Feldpost (field mail) and Liebesgaben (care packages) amid bombed-out ruins on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1914. Artwork signed by Prof. C. Röchling. A Wohlfahrtskarte (welfare card) published by the Verband deutscher Krankenpflege-Anstalten vom Roten Kreuz (German Red Cross nursing association), priced at 10 Pfennig with 3 Pfennig going to charity.

Scene Details:

• Group of German soldiers in grey winter uniforms gathered around a covered field post wagon
• Wagon marked "Feldpost der 3. Garde-Infant. Division"
• Ruined brick church tower and bombed buildings in background against a winter sunset sky
• Snow on the ground; soldiers reading letters and carrying packages
• Signed lower right: C. Röchling. 24.12.1914
• Back: "Wohlfahrtskarte" — German Red Cross welfare card, unused, with Red Cross stamp
• Back text: "Ankunft von Liebesgaben" (Arrival of care packages)
• Published by Verband deutscher Krankenpflege-Anstalten vom Roten Kreuz

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