- £225.00
Japan. (German Prisoner of War in Aonogahara Camp). 1915. Stamp-less envelope headed 'Feldpost' written from a 'German Prisoner of War, Infantry Regiment No 255' addressed to Germany with circular bilingual 'Prisoners of War/ Aonogahara - Japan' in turquoise on face with 'K.D. Feldpost/ 77. Reserve-Div' date stamp '21st July 15' and adjacent 'Kaseir-Gewehr-Kompagnie/ Res-Infant-Regt. Nr 255/ Feldpost Briefstempel' in violet.
During World War One Japan invaded the German Colony of Qingdao, China and took 4,689 German and Austro-Hungarian soldiers as Prisoners. The soldiers were originally interned in 12 separate camps in Japan but were later transferred to 6 main camps, starting in September 1915. The Aonogahara Camp had a maximum of nearly 500 P.O.W.'s.
