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Trying to identify WWI era town on postcard.

  • battlestamps
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    Hello All,
    I've come across this real photo postcard of unknown town from the World War I era. There's no markings on the front of the postcard and the town is throughly destroyed. The back of the postcard has some pencil markings, but I cannot read it. Can anyone read it as I'm sure it's the clue to the location.
    Thanks, Will
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  • moonstone
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    Hello All,
    I've come across this real photo postcard of unknown town from the World War I era. There's no markings on the front of the postcard and the town is throughly destroyed. The back of the postcard has some pencil markings, but I cannot read it. Can anyone read it as I'm sure it's the clue to the location.
    Thanks, Will
    • Created on 11 Jan 2011 at 21:52
    • #313990
    Hi,

    The writing looks like Old German Gothic script - and I think it reads Flensburg - a town in northern Germany

    Sam
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    Hi,

    The writing looks like Old German Gothic script - and I think it reads Flensburg - a town in northern Germany

    Sam
    • Created on 12 Jan 2011 at 06:42
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  • quasar
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    • Created on 13 Jan 2011 at 08:07
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    Hello,

    The writing can be read as:

    Warneton in Flandern 1917.

    Warneton (in Dutch: Waasten) is a village that belonged to the Belgian province of West-Flanders during World War I. In the 1960's Warneton has been transferred to the province of Hainaut.

    Sincerely,

    Quasar
  • battlestamps
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    Hello,

    The writing can be read as:

    Warneton in Flandern 1917.

    Warneton (in Dutch: Waasten) is a village that belonged to the Belgian province of West-Flanders during World War I. In the 1960's Warneton has been transferred to the province of Hainaut.

    Sincerely,

    Quasar
    • Created on 13 Jan 2011 at 10:43
    • #314187
    Thanks for the help! I just need more and more practice trying to read old handwriting.
    Best regards, Will

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