A P.o.w. Postcard From Texas To A.h. With Birthday Wishes Newly Listed 46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion

46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion

Protection Certificate - Officer (dated June 24

1945 at Wakeman

They were ordered to travel to British ports and assist the British Royal Navy in the event of a war with Nazi Germany

the stitching holding the panels in place at the front behind the cockade having come away

A P.o.w. Postcard From Texas To A.h. With Birthday Wishes Newly Listed 46th (South Saskatchewan) BattalionMeasuring 140x83mm, near extremely fine with light scuffing and creasing, and minimal soiling. The card was sent by Werkmeister (artificer) Josef Gross at P. O. W. camp Brady, camp II compound 5, Texas. Seeing as most Texan P. O. W. camps were used for German prisoners taken in northern Africa, and that Camp Brady was established in 1943, it is possible that Gross had been a member of the German Afrika Korps. The recipient is the chancellery of the