Аукцион Bidspirit | Set of WWI-Era European Postcards

Set of WWI-Era European Postcards Including Military and Topographical Views - A set of postcards depicting a variety of subjects including mounted officers, military portrait groups, marching troops, encampment and field scenes, and street and architectural views of European towns. Several cards are printed in color lithograph style typical of the period, while others are photographic real-photo postcards in black and white or sepia tones. Subject matter includes cavalry, soldiers in formation, wagon trains, buildings, and coastal or riverside townscapes, with some cards bearing printed captions in a foreign language suggesting Eastern European origin. Postcards of this type were widely produced and collected during the First World War era, serving both as personal mementos for soldiers and as commercially printed views for the tourist and collector trade. Postcards of this type circulated widely during the First World War, produced both commercially and by military photographers to document mobilization, encampments, and daily army life for soldiers to send home. Real-photo postcards were often produced in small local runs, sometimes by regimental or field photographers, making them valuable as unposed visual records of specific units and locales. The mix of lithographed townscapes and photographic military scenes reflects the era's dual market for patriotic keepsakes and general topographical views, particularly across the Eastern and Central European theatres where mounted cavalry and horse-drawn transport remained central to military logistics.