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This card was posted by Oblt. Kahler (or Köhler) at Feldpost 207 and was cancelled on 22 May 1916 by KK Feldpostamt 601. According to Dixon-Nuttall, in May 1916 FPA207 was with 96 Ibrg in Pustertal, and FPA601 was at Res.Spital Brünek which is also in Pustertal.
It's addressed to Herr Oberleutnant Julius Setti at the Kriegsministerium H.B.8, Wien I. There's a Zensuriert cachet, and a unit cachet K.u.k Strassenbauleitung / Pedratsches which is in today's Val Badia, to the south of Pustertal. It's been redirected to II Taborstr.8 squiggle. Either on arrival or on leaving the Kriegsministerium, it's been cancelled 1/1 WIEN 25 / 23.V.16 III- / *a* which is Stohl's A2488a.
The message is: "Lieber Juli, Ein guter, alter Freund tut Dir kund und zu wissen, daß seine Abkommandierung von der Komp(agnie) zur Folge hatte, daß er heute ein 24 Stunden altes Jungferlein sein eigen nennt. Alle 3, in körperl.(icher) und geistiger Frische grüßen Dich. Bes.(onders) Dein treuer Freund Max".
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