Balkan Wars, Serbian patriotic picture postcard, (Depicting Božidar Janković, Serbian army general), inscription “ГЕНЕРАЛ БОЖА ЈАНКОВИЋ / КОМАНДАНТ III ВОЈСКЕ НА
ОБАЛАМА ЈАДРАНСКОГ МОРА”, (GENERAL BOŽA JANKOVIĆ / COMMANDER OF THE III ARMY ON THE COASTS OF THE ADRIATIC SEA), franked with 10 pa King Peter I, Serbian stamp tied with Serbian military pmk “ВОЈНА ПОШТА - ВРХОВНА КОМАНДА* 24 IX. 913”, (MILITARY POST SUPREME COMMAND). On reverse the same as above military pmk and hand stamped Serbian censor marking. VF and scarce.
Edition: “Издање Соломна Коена, код Наполеона, Београд.” (Solomon Koen - Judaica)
NOTE: Božidar Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар Јанковић; 7 December 1849 – 7 July 1920) was a Serbian army general commander of the Serbian Third Army during the First Balkan War between the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire. In 1901 he served as Minister of the Army and Navy in the Ministry of Defence. He graduated from the Military
Academy of the General Staff School. He became State Secretary of Military Matters of Serbia in 1902. As President of the National Defence, he participated in the Chetnik fighting for Macedonia. In World War I he was the Chief of Staff of the Montenegrin Supreme Command until June 1915 and a delegate of the Serbian Supreme Command at the Montenegrin Supreme Command.