| dc.coverage.spatial | Saarburg | en |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Buhl-Lorraine | en |
| dc.coverage.spatial | France | en |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Lorraine | en |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1914-1918 | en |
| dc.creator | Schmidlin, A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-03-05T16:28:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-03-05T16:28:36Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1915-04-11 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-03-05 | |
| dc.identifier.other | Location of the original: consult with Collections Manager | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/129066 | |
| dc.description | TRANSCRIPTION; MESSAGE: April 15. Wir sind immer noch hier, sind in Hdbg. noch keine Aussichten für Frieden? Es grü sst Sie recht herzlich [Carl Bechtel?] Viele Grü sse an Ihre ganze Familie!; SENT TO: [Postmarked] Saarburg, Lothringen, 12.4.15. [Stamped] 1. Mobl. Landsturm-Inft.-Batl. Heidelberg, 2. Komp. [An] Frä ulein Maria Kolbe, Heidelberg, Kronprinzenstr. 28. Saarburg 11. | en |
| dc.description | TRANSLATION; MESSAGE:We are still here [A]ny prospect of peace in [Heidelberg?] Warmest greetings to you from [Carl Bechtel?] Many greetings to your whole family!; SENT TO:[Postmarked] Saarburg, Lorraine [i.e., ceded to France after the war], 12.4.15. [Stamped] 1st Heidelberg Mobile Home Guard Infantry Battalion, 2nd Company. [To] Ms. Maria Kolbe, Heidelberg, Kronprinzenstr. 28. Saarburg | en |
| dc.description.abstract | (Black and White) This postcard is a photograph of the Cross of Saarburg, a field cross near the village of Buhl-Lorraine, featuring a statue of Christ. As part of the Battle of Lorraine, the Battle of Saarburg took place here in August 1914 and the Cross was damaged by grenades with only the statue of Christ remaining intact. The poem "Das Kreuz auf dem Schlachtfeld" can be "sung to the tune of 'O the bloodied and bruised.'" There is no stamp, as it seems to be sent from the field, but two legible postmarks are present. The first postmark is from Saarburg, Lorraine on April, 12, 1915 at 9:10 A.M. The second probably provides military information. The message is in German, and dated from Saarburg on April 11, 1915. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 3 9/16 x 5 1/2 in. | en |
| dc.language.iso | ger | |
| dc.publisher | Jul Manias & Cie. (Jul. Manias & Co.) (Strasbourg (Belgium, Wallonia, Namur province)) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | WWI Postcard Collection, Ragan Military Collection | en |
| dc.rights | No copyright - Non-commercial use only; for more information see: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | World War (1914-1918) | en |
| dc.subject | Statues | en |
| dc.subject | Poetry | en |
| dc.subject | Songs | en |
| dc.subject | Cross of Saarburg | en |
| dc.subject | Military campaigns | en |
| dc.subject | Battlefields | en |
| dc.subject | Crosses | en |
| dc.subject | Crucifixion of Jesus Christ | en |
| dc.subject | France--Sarrebourg | en |
| dc.title | Das Kreuz auf dem Schlachtfeld | en |
| dc.title.alternative | The Cross on the Battlefield | en |
| dc.type | Image | en |
| dc.type.genre | Postcards | en |
| dc.type.genre | Personal correspondence | en |
| dc.type.genre | War poetry | en |
| dc.type.genre | Musical texts | en |
| dc.type.material | StillImage | en |
| dc.type.material | Text | en |
| dc.publisher.digital | Cushing Memorial Library and Archives | |
| local.details | This collection previously belonged to Dominic Hibberd, an English biographer most noted for the biographies of Wilfred Owen and Harold Monro, World War I poets. He collected these postcards for research purposes. | |
