Original WWII Soviet military propaganda postcard, featuring a tank attack illustration and a patriotic appeal to Red Army tank crews.
Date: December 18, 1943 (handwritten letter).
Size: Approximately 100 × 144 mm.
Publisher: Produced by Khromolithography for the Sverdlovsk office of Glavbumsbyt.
Print run: 700,000 copies.
The postcard was mailed through the Soviet military field postal system and bears wartime postal markings and a military censorship mark.
The reverse contains a long handwritten letter from a Soviet soldier to his sister. He writes that he has been at the front for almost three years, mentions being wounded, describes fighting German forces, and sends greetings to his family.
An interesting original Eastern Front historical document, combining Soviet wartime propaganda, military postal history, and personal correspondence.
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