WW2 German Wehrmacht Anti-Aircraft 1943 Third Reich Telegramm Soldiers Feldpost # Change

• Sender / Origin: GOERLITZ /1 20 9 1045 (Sent from Görlitz on September 9 at 10:45 AM)
• Recipient Office: Wien TA (Vienna Telegraph Office)
• Recipient: FRAU PERGELT, GUSTAVGROSSGASSE 24 WIEN 89
• Main Message:
  = ERSCHRECKE NICHT WENN BRIEFE VON GEROLD RETOUR
KOMMEN DA ANDERE FELDPOSTNUMMER 40660C ALLES LIEBE =
• Signature: DORRIS +
• Bottom Note: VGL PERGELT 24 40660C +

“Do not be frightened if letters from Gerold come back (as return to sender), because of a different military mail number (Feldpostnummer) 40660C. All my love, Dorris.”

• Context: The message was sent during the final year of WWII to reassure a family member (Frau Pergelt) in Vienna that if her soldier’s letters are returned, it simply means his unit was reassigned or reorganized, rather than him being missing or killed.
• The Feldpostnummer: The number listed (40660C) belonged to the 2nd Battery of the Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 273 (Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion 273). The letter “C” specifically designated the 2. Batterie of this battalion.

C series