German Soldiers and Beautiful French Ladies

[supperpotato]

Hello All,

I don't know if I should post here or on the paper item section but I would like to share with you this group of interesting post cards of German soldier in uniform. I believe it demonstrates the scene in France, 1940 or 1941 maybe.

Enjoy them!

Best,
Shawn

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[Hans Kristian]

.. lovely postcards indeed, unfortunately in the cases where the french girls had affairs with the germans they suffered greatly after the war...

Thanks for showing.!!.

Hans Kristian

[helmuthunter]

Very cool indeed. Thanks for sharing. Johnno.

[corporalSteiner]

ohh-la la! thanks for sharing.

[Kengir]

.. lovely postcards indeed, unfortunately in the cases where the french girls had affairs with the germans they suffered greatly after the war...

Thanks for showing.!!.

Hans Kristian

Couldn't help but think about that myself... Kind of puts a damper on the whole romance/flirtation shown in the postcards...
Still very cool to see, and thanks for sharing.

-Jeremy

[Scott A. Hess]

Those are awesome

[Nate11]

I have the same set of cards only I framed them up nicely with the wrapper or sleeve they come in:

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[Scott A. Hess]

Wow..look great framed..anyone know where I can get a set of these?

[Nate11]

This is an absolutely original set of six full-color 6 x 8-1/4 inch prints made from watercolors painted in France during World War II by Wehrmacht Gefreiter G. Schmitz as sold to troops of the German occupation in France during the Third Reich. The six prints come in a typical art folio titled “Oh-la-la...!” published by Europa-Edition of 92, Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris and sold for 1 Reichsmark or 20 French Francs.

The six prints are ,,Oh-la-la!” (a German guard leering at a beautiful French maid on her way home from the market with eggs and bread) ,,Sans Ticket” (two German soldiers admiring a tiny French bra) ,,Je ne comprends pas” (a German soldier making a pass at a sweet young French girl) ,,Grand filou” (a German Landser with beer making conversation with a lovely French maid) and two untitled prints - both showing Wehrmacht soldiers in goodbye embraces kissing beautiful French girls.

These prints are occasionally encountered as individual pictures in frames but almost never found complete in sets as originally sold to German soldiers in France during World War II. One of the very best art folios with pictures painted by an artist who knew how to render German occupation troops and lovely French women perfectly.