* Dear parents! / Share my promotion / to corporal among todays / day [too]. Letter to follow. / With best regards / Your son / Fritz* Field postcard by Fritz Sommerkorn from Gibeon Deutsch-Südwestafrika to his parents with the news of his appointment as corporal Add to clipboard Do 2012/10 File 05.10.1905 Part of German Historical Museum Foundation In: German Historical Museum Foundation Sommerkorn, Fritz
Dear friend / For a long time I had the intention / to write you a few lines / but unfortunately no time / I am so far healthy and lively / what I also hope from you and / [...]* field postcard of a friend from Abbabis Deutsch-Südwestafrika Add to clipboard Do 2012/11 File 19.07.1906 Part of German Historical Museum Foundation In: German Historical Museum Foundation
Field postcard of Fritz Sommerkorn from Rehoboth Deutsch-Südwestafrika to his parents (part 2)* No 2 the cold earth. The catering is good according to the circumstances. Every now and then you have the opportunity to shoot wild animals, often even oxen. It is the right gypsy life to wash every / 4 weeks 1 time. Water is here a very / rare article. We get every 5 days --- / 1 fl. rum or cognac because it is indispensable for the local climate [...] Add to clipboard Do 2012/6 File 09.06.1905 (Poststempel) Part of German Historical Museum Foundation In: German Historical Museum Foundation Sommerkorn, Fritz
June 11 here after / 22 day sea voyage to / Swakopmund arrived / men; since 14 here in Okakand- / yes, p. train 3 days. Befin- / den very good, tomorrow / geths in the field. [...]* Field postcard by Max Radom from Okahandja Deutsch-Südwestafrika with description of the crossing Add to clipboard Do 2012/4 File 26.07.1904 Part of German Historical Museum Foundation In: German Historical Museum Foundation Radom, Max
