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:n. 1914 - 18 Russian occupation of northern Persia Russian Field Post
Fights between Turkis Mobile Medical
3.and Russian troops Units
Menjil. Postal & Telegraph division cancel no 243 "b"
Russian Military Hospital was based at Enzeli. Medical units attached to army units. One was in Menjil 100 km south of
Enzeli. The Red Cross cachet on the front reads "All Russian Zemskoi Union. Eastern Persian team".

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Sent 8 April 1917 (Julian) fromMenjil via Enzeli andBaku to Moscowarriving 16 April

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On the back: "Support the sick & wounded soldiers. District administration of the 25th medical and food
supplies at Enzeli" (Persian port at the Caspian Sea)