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is on an undated cover sent to Dresden. Can anyone provide any background or other information?
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While I don't know the answer to your question, I think it would be helpful to see the whole cover as well and not just the cachet.
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Here's the whole cover and reverse. I don't think these will help
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01:59:52pm
There is a lot of information on the cover - of you could let us know what you are looking for, I'm sure we can answer your question better.
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The red cachet may well refer to the company Bekaert, founded in 1880.
This company began as a very small outfit, producing wire with entwined nails. Bekaert later patented a design for barbs; star-shaped ‘crowns’ with six sharp points woven into the wire. This eventually led to the barbed wire that we are more accustomed to.
The fact that premises used currently by the company (in a village called Zwevegem), is just a few miles from Ruysbroek; now Ruisbroek, may be of significance.
This company attracted the attention of the Germans during the WWI. From a logistics viewpoint, this would seem logical as the factory was (is) in Flanders. Post war, the company exported to North America and had holdings in the UK.
In the 1930's Bekaert employed about 600 people, so it was a fair sized operation. Significant enough to attract the Germans in WWII, who once again occupied the company's factory.
It would seem that the Bekaert has not dwelled on the wartime occupation years, as the company's 'history' is devoid of any information.
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This cachet (see photo) is on an undated cover sent to Dresden. Can anyone provide any background or other information?
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re: Feldpost cover cachet : BARBED WIRE FACTORY Ruysbroek Belgium.
While I don't know the answer to your question, I think it would be helpful to see the whole cover as well and not just the cachet.
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re: Feldpost cover cachet : BARBED WIRE FACTORY Ruysbroek Belgium.
Here's the whole cover and reverse. I don't think these will help
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re: Feldpost cover cachet : BARBED WIRE FACTORY Ruysbroek Belgium.
There is a lot of information on the cover - of you could let us know what you are looking for, I'm sure we can answer your question better.
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re: Feldpost cover cachet : BARBED WIRE FACTORY Ruysbroek Belgium.
The red cachet may well refer to the company Bekaert, founded in 1880.
This company began as a very small outfit, producing wire with entwined nails. Bekaert later patented a design for barbs; star-shaped ‘crowns’ with six sharp points woven into the wire. This eventually led to the barbed wire that we are more accustomed to.
The fact that premises used currently by the company (in a village called Zwevegem), is just a few miles from Ruysbroek; now Ruisbroek, may be of significance.
This company attracted the attention of the Germans during the WWI. From a logistics viewpoint, this would seem logical as the factory was (is) in Flanders. Post war, the company exported to North America and had holdings in the UK.
In the 1930's Bekaert employed about 600 people, so it was a fair sized operation. Significant enough to attract the Germans in WWII, who once again occupied the company's factory.
It would seem that the Bekaert has not dwelled on the wartime occupation years, as the company's 'history' is devoid of any information.
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