Der Weltkrieg Warschau.Serie I [block of postcards depicting Warsaw, ca.1915][1st War Varsaviana, rare].

Issued in Polish and German circa 1915/ no publisher listed/ 14x9cm/ original protective pamphlet/ eighteen accordion folded postcards, one larger postcard loose/ good condition, dings, scuffs, tears on protective pamphlet, dings on reverse of postcards, minimal rubbing of edges of single postcards

Signatures of the cards in Polish and German.

The block contains postcards:

Evangelical Church

Krakowskie Przedmieście

Vienna Railway Station

Krolewska Street

Marszałkowska Street

Third Bridge

Theater Square

New bridge blown up

Bridge

Blow-up Kierbedzia Bridge

State Bank

Bristol Hotel

King Sigismund

City Hall

Kierbedzia Bridge

Europejski Hotel

Saski Garden

Orthodox church

General view of Warsaw and Praga with the demolished Kierbedzia Bridge ( three board postcard, loose )

A very rare collection of postcards depicting Warsaw during World War I. Noteworthy is the depiction of the destroyed Kierbedzia bridge, which was blown up by the Russians during the 1915 evacuation.