1. Bomber pilot Jan.6, 1941 |
2. Antonescu and Hitler. The text is Antonescu's declaration to the Romanians on
Feb.6, 1941 |
3. Romanian soldier watching the boundaries of Greater Romania with Bucharest and the fortresses of Deva, Hotin, and Cetatea-Alba all indicated. Both the card and the ink are blue |
4. Christmas. Reverse side of this card top of page |
5. In addition to the features of Type 1 this card has on the right half of the front an 89 x 15 mm blue rectangular band over the address lines. The black drawing show two children singing Christmas carols on a snow-bound village street. Above this there are two protecting soldiers, one Romanian and one German. Below the text reads, "Romania and Germany, comrades for today and for ever." The color of the card is cream |
6. This card provides a dramatic historical reversal to that of 3 above. It was issued after September 1944 and has a different front. It has the Kingdoms' arms, printed stamp, title and seal without other features. The multicolored drawing showing Romanian and Russian soldiers stepping across the northern Transylvanian border and attacking a German soldier. The text reads "Long live Romanian-Soviet brotherhood in arms" and "The Romanian army together with the glorious Red army fight to annihilate the invading Hitlerites." |
All jpgs courtesy Chris Trevers (except nr 2 + 6, from Delcampe)