Yellow-brown rectangular paper envelope, with a layer of green tissue paper partly glued to the inside of the envelope, and is torn and cut open on the left side of the envelope, with writing in pencil on both sides of the envelope, on the front across the top is written: “Kriegsgefangenensendung”, meaning prisoner of war mail, and across the bottom half of the front is written the recipient’s information, being RSM DeHarte’s wife: “Mrs L E DeHarte   114 Bloor St West   Toronto   Canada”. On the back of the envelope, written on outside of the seal flap from the top is RSM DeHarte’s sender information, though parts of it have been completely torn off, what still remains are: “C.S.M. L.E. DeH   48th Highland   Götting   Hanov   Germany”, and written diagonally on the left edge of the seal flap is: “Prisoner of War”.

The front has a number of different stamps, with most being German military stamp: an ink stamp by the camp’s German Military Postal Examination Office, a German military post date stamp of: “15 OKT 1915”, and a London post office with date of: “OCT 27 15”. There is also a mahogany ink stamp on the front that reads: “Kriegsgefangenensendung Geprüft – F.a.” (meaning prisoner of war mail checked).

NOTE: This and other similar prisoner of war letters and postcards by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte are stored in a Ziploc bag with the postcard under the accession number 2009015018.