GPS May 2020

TEXT TRANSLATION - IMAGE 2
The ID card is only valid in connection with the temporary identity card.
ID card Nr. ______
Surname: ______
Occupation: ______
First name: ______
Place of residence: ______
is in the service of the German Wehrmacht. He is employed at the
official field railway station: (Handwritten name of station)
In the exercise of his service: he is allowed to enter the railway systems. It
may not be used elsewhere by another agency.
Signature / “Hauptman u. Komp.=Führer” (Handstamp)
Invalid without a validation stamp with cancel in the current month field.
TEXT TRANSLATION - IMAGE 3
The ID card is only valid, if the month field contains a validation stamp with
official cancel.
This is followed by a 3 row, 4 column grid providing space for each
month’s proof of employment stamp.
THE CANCELS
There are two different almost illegible cancels on both side of
the ID card. By examining parts of the various cancels I have determined
most of the text. On the outside of the ID card (Image 2) the
cancel on the left (Cancel-1) reads “Dienststellefeldpostnummer <illegible
5-digit number>” (Command Headquarters for Fieldpost Number)
around the inside of a circle. The Hoheitszeichen appears in the center
with a star or asterisk underneath just inside the circle. The cancel on
the right (Cancel-2) reads “Feldeisenbahnbetriebsdirection 16” (Field
Railway Operations Office) also around the inside of a circle with the
Hoheitszeichen in the center but with “1” just under the swastika. The
same cancels appear on the inside of the ID card (Image 3). The top
3 stamps are tied by Cancel-1 and the remaining stamps with Cancel-
2. Based on this it is likely this employee moved to a new location after
serving 3 months at the previous location.
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German Postal Specialist