WWI Alsace Metzeral Münstertal Vogesen Zeppelin Feldpost (Vintage PC 1914)

vintage world war i bird's-eye view panorama postcard titled westlicher kriegsschauplatz metzeral - muenstertal u. schlucht, illustrated and published by kunstverlag eugen felle, isny im allgaeu, wuerttemberg (series no. 14 69256, signed e. felle at lower left).
the detailed aerial view depicts the vosges mountains and munster valley in alsace (elsass), labeling metzeral, muehlbach, wasserburg, sulzbach, muenster, sulzern, schlucht pass (col de la schlucht), hohlandsberg, pflixburg, drei exen, hageneck, egisheim, wettolsheim, winzenheim, tuerkheim, and the direction toward colmar, with a german zeppelin airship flying in the upper right sky.
printed descriptive text on the upper left reverse reading muenstertal und schlucht. wildes vogesengelaende, in das die franzosen wiederholt eingefallen sind, aber mit erfolg durch die deutschen zurueckgeschlagen wurden.
postally used as austro-hungarian military mail (feldpost), cancelled with a salzburg machine postmark dated december 20, 1914 (20.xii.14). handwritten message in german from mary, addressed to engelbert fichtner, k.k. landesschuetzen regiment iii, 1st replacement company in innichen, tyrol (now san candido, south tyrol).

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

postally unused

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

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