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Original World War I German Feldpost postcard featuring a detailed black-and-white architectural illustration of the fire station on Pionier Street in Baranovichi (Baranowitschi), present-day Belarus.
The original German caption reads \"Baranowitschi. Spritzenhaus in der Pionier-Straße.\"
The illustration depicts a group of traditional wooden buildings, including the fire station with its tall wooden observation tower, used for fire surveillance. The scene offers a fascinating historical view of local architecture and everyday infrastructure during the First World War.
The postcard was produced as a German wartime illustrated postcard and bears the original printed inscription \"Feldpostkarte\" on the reverse.
The reverse contains handwritten German correspondence, a military postal cancellation and a blue rectangular military unit marking.
Location: Baranovichi, present-day Belarus.
Period: World War I, circa 1916.
Subject: Fire station, Pionier Street, wooden architecture, fire lookout tower.
Type: Original illustrated postcard, black-and-white line drawing.
Postal history: Postally used through the German military Feldpost system in 1916.
Size: 140 × 94 mm.
An interesting historical collectible for enthusiasts of WWI military postal history, Belarusian local history, firefighting history and early 20th-century architectural illustrations.
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