Heroes' Day Set/ Special Event

VF special CXL. Issued for 1944 Heroes Day to pay tribute to the Military Forces, then retreating from allied forces on a wide front . Showing a variety of Battle scenes, the set highlights everything from the infantry to the U-Boat service. It was printed by the photogravure process. Stamps mounted on special form for the issue, which reads: German Special Stamps In War, flanked by iron crosses. The cancel from Bad Gastein, reads a source of new youth.