A postcard sent home by a Bosnian soldier in World War I. It has finally reached his family 95 years after it was mailed.
Nadir Bicakcic is holding postcard that his grandfather sent to his wife 95 years ago. A postcard sent home by a Bosnian soldier in World War I. It has finally reached his family 95 years after it was mailed. Bosnia WWI postcard Bicakcic 95 years old Sarajevo Balkan dentist photo antique Hungary grandfather Nadir grandson Herzegovina A Sarajevo-born art collector Nihad Eric Dzinovic who has been living in the United States for the past 40 years found the postcard at an antique show in Long Beach, California and took it with him when he came to visit friends in Bosnia. The owner of an antique shop in Sarajevo introduced Dzinovic to another art lover who happened to be the grandson of the long deceased Edhem Bicakcic who was sender of this postcard. Bicakcic wrote to his wife in July 1915: “Dear Razija, hoping to find you in good spirits and health…I am sending you this photo with me in it. Tell my mom and dad, your mother and (their small daughters) Zekija and Camka that I am well,” Bicakcic wrote to his wife in July 1915. The postcard was sent from Villany in Hungary where the unit of the Austro-Hungarian army in which Bicakcic served was staying at the time.
Size: 3000px × 1996px
Location: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Photo credit: © Jasmin Brutus / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 95, antique, balkan, bicakcic, bosnia, dentist, grandfather, grandson, herzegovina, hungary, nadir, photo, postcard, sarajevo, war, wwi, years
