Maubeuge WWI: Siege 42CM Mortar Big Bertha Zeppelin Airship Kriegskarte K68 (Vintage PC 1914)

vintage world war i illustrated propaganda postcard titled deutsche 42 cm moerser bei der beschiessung von maubeuge, depicting heavy german 42 cm siege mortars (big bertha / dicke bertha) shelling the french fortress of maubeuge in september 1914 with a german zeppelin airship flying overhead.
published by verlag hermann wolff, berlin s 59, boppstr. 7 (series no. k 68), featuring the imperial german eagle and kriegs karte header on the divided back.
postally used and cancelled in 1914 with a 5 pfennig deutsches reich germania stamp. handwritten message in german on the reverse, addressed to salem, amt ueberlingen (lake constance).

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

postally used in 1914

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

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