EBS Germany 1953 German Prisoners Of War - Kriegsgefangene - Michel 165 MNH
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:10941155 | Topic: war, krieg, guerre, prisoner, barbed wire, POW |
| Region: Germany | Quality: Mint Never Hinged/MNH |
| Year of Issue: 1953 |
Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD)This stamp was issued on 9th May 1953 to commemorate German prisoners of war.The stamp depicts a prisoner behind barbed wire.Approximately three million German prisoners of war were captured by the Soviet Union during World War II, most of them during the great advances of the Red Army in the last year of the war. The POWs were employed as forced labor in the Soviet wartime economy and post war rec...onstruction. By 1950 almost all had been released. In 1956 the last surviving German POW returned home from the USSR. 1953, 9. Mai. Deutsche Kriegsgefangene. Kriegsgefangener hinter Stacheldraht.Condition: Mint Never HingedMichel Catalogue number: 165; catalogue value €7.00 ($11.00 approx.)
