German WW II Feldpostbrief letter from Observation Battalion 16 from Russia

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German WW II Feldpostbrief letter from ObservationBattalion 16 Russia, This was postmarked November 17, 1941 with the FeldpostNumber indication a Light Observation Battalion 16, part of the InfantryDivision 16 in Russia. This is a history if it;
Light Observation Battalion 16 (motorized) consisted of aStaff, Staff Battery, Survey Battery, Sound Measurement Battery, and a Light MeasuringBattery.
The Observation Battalion was set up on October 15, 1935in Bielefeld, in military district VI. The Battalion was made by sections of ObservationBattalion 3 for the 16th Infantry Division. At the beginning of the Russian campaign,it was deployed in southern Russia. On May 1, 1943, the Panzer Observation Battery119 was incorporated in the Battalion. The division was last deployed in 1945under the 4th Panzer Army in Upper Silesia.