Interesting Photo needs investigation

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sqnldr
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Interesting Photo needs investigation

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Post by sqnldr » 12 May 2020, 10:07

Hi,
Found this photo in among a lot of other german feldpost and letters. I can't quite read the back of it but it seems to be building something? bridges? bunkers?
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Post by history1 » 12 May 2020, 19:51

It says "Brückenbau in Br.... = Building a bridge in Br....."


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Post by AllenM » 16 May 2020, 19:56

Possibly Brugging.

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Post by sqnldr » 16 May 2020, 21:31

Yes it is the place name which is really confusing. I’ve tried some guesses in google but no success. I thought maybe bruggen but there is definitely a g or another letter at the end...

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Post by Hohlladung » 17 May 2020, 19:18

Hi,
I read the word as Brgjanz, but there is no town with that name found.
So my wild guess is, that this is phonetic written for the Russian town Brjansk.
Any other explanations welcome.

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Armin
"Ihr verfluchten Racker, wollt ihr denn ewig leben?" Friedrich, II. in der Schlacht von Kolin am 18.Juni 1757 zu seinen zurückgehenden Grenadieren.

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Post by history1 » 18 May 2020, 10:14

Puzzle solved, once more, by Armin. There´s nothing to add except that the name is misspelled on the photo as "Brjansk" phoneticaly sounds totally differently. The letter "j" is eg.in Polish or also in Russian often used/spelled as "i", AFAIK.
Thus one question, might it be spelled "Bryjanz" in the photo?

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Post by sqnldr » 18 May 2020, 10:27

Amazing investigative skills guys! Thanks again! :)

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Post by Hohlladung » 18 May 2020, 19:35

Roman,
Looking at it again I agree with your correction, looks more like Bryjanz with a y.

Thx and best regards
"Ihr verfluchten Racker, wollt ihr denn ewig leben?" Friedrich, II. in der Schlacht von Kolin am 18.Juni 1757 zu seinen zurückgehenden Grenadieren.

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