Germany, Imperial. Five Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Postcards Archive He returned to sea with

He returned to sea with a draft to H

The straight crossguard features downward rolled quillons with a twisted rope pattern border and triplet design on the obverse and reverse quillon block

" and that he "should pass under his own control"

probably "in field"

A second strong signature in blue ink can be found on page 2

Germany, Imperial. Five Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) Postcards Archive He returned to sea withReturn of the U 53 Crew (printed in black ink on a thin white card stock, obverse illustrating the thirty six man crew of U 53, inscribed in Gothic text " "U 53" glcklich zurckgekehrt! Die Mannschaft." at the upper left, "Kapitnleutnant Rose" at the bottom, coded "6006" above the interlocking initials "NPG" at the lower left and studio marked "Atelier Kloppmann, Wilhelmshaven" at the lower right, reverse with a handwritten inscription in black ink and