Ref: G4553
- £250.00
1919 censored German Prisoner of War letter card to Istanbul, Turkey, written in Arabic by a Turkish P.O.W. in Malta. A triple ring blue oval cachet FREE FROM PRISONER OF WAR MALTA / P C 5 is on the front of the letter card along with a Turkish boxed censor h/s. There were only 103 Turkish P. O. W’s interned in Malta. In late January 1919, the Allied forces began to arrest Turkish leaders and military commanders by accusing them of war crimes. Many Turkish intellectuals, revolutionaries and Kemalists who opposed the occupation by British were exiled to Malta after being accused of crimes. This letter card is from one of those exiled and interned. A scarce item.
