WWII: German Kriegsmarine Torpedo Boat Kiel KLM Approved (Vintage PC 1944)

vintage photographic postcard titled "torpedoboot in voller fahrt" (torpedo boat at full speed), showing a german kriegsmarine torpedo boat cutting through waves under a dramatic cloudy sky. published by verlag schöning & co., lübeck, card no. "kiel 46", bearing the official rlm (reichsluftfahrtministerium) release/approval number 24496 required for military imagery of the period.

postally used, franked with a german reich 6 pfennig hitler-head stamp, tied by a kiel cds dated august 1944. addressed to frau erika berlee[?], wellsee bei kiel, pappenbrügenweg 45.

handwritten wartime correspondence covering the reverse.

postally used in 1944

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

condition: very good...please also refer to scans which show complete front and backside of postcard

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