1918 German field post card “Royal Saxon Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 101”, Dorpat/Tartu – Plauen in Vogtland, Saxony

Note the scan is darker than the actual card.

Message (pencil, Kurrent script)

Dorpat, 21. 7.
Werter Herr Gruschwitz!
Erlaube mir, Ihnen aus Livlands Gauen
herzl. Grüße nebst nochmaligen Dank für
Ihre Bemühung wegen der Uhr, die mir jetzt
beim Wachestehen vorzügliche Dienste leistet,
zu senden. In treuer Dankbarkeit
Ihr W. Schramm. R.I.R. 101/11
Hier ist es wunderschön, u. für Geld alles
zu kaufen, was das Herz begehrt.

Translation: “Dorpat, 21 July. Dear Mr Gruschwitz! Allow me to send you warm greetings from the lands of Livonia, with thanks once more for your trouble over the watch. It now does me excellent service when I’m standing guard. In faithful gratitude, yours W. Schramm, R.I.R. 101/11. It is wonderful here, and with money you can buy anything your heart desires.”

Address side

• Feldpost.
• Sender: Abs. Sold. W. Schramm / R.I.R. 101/11. Komp. (The “1. K” is hidden under the postmark.)
• Recipient: Herrn [initial or short abbreviation, unclear] Gruschwitz / Plauen i/Vogtl. / Dobenaustr. 4 I / Sachsen. “4 I” most likely means house no. 4, first floor.
• Postmark: K.D. Feldpost / 22.7.18. 3–4 N. That’s Kaiserlich Deutsche Feldpost, 22 July 1918, between 3 and 4 in the afternoon.
• Violet unit stamp: S.‑B. / Res.‑Inf.‑Regt. 101 / 11. Kompagnie.

Unit

• R.I.R. 101 is the Royal Saxon Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 101, which fits a recipient in Saxony. The regiment’s history by Klitzsch (1934) has a chapter on its time in Courland and Livonia, which fits it being in Dorpat in summer 1918.