Willi Sanke published a series of about 600-700 numbered photo-postcards, showing

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aviators c. 1910 - 1918/20.

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Willi was based in

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and his cards were often issued under the name of ''Postkartenvertrieb W. Sanke ''(Post Card Distribution W. Sanke). On some of these postcards, the photographers are identified: for example, Fritz Fischer,

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(1864–1930), and Alfred Krauth.

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USPS Postage Stamps
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanke Card Postcards Aviation in World War I

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