Query - Greek Navy WW2
I received the following query from member Nick Hervey:
I have an item of Maritime Mail sent I think during WWII, from a Warrant officer, D Tsapakides in the Greek Navy to a Michael Kyrifides in Morton, Pennsylvania.
On the reverse it has initials after Tsapakides' name: H.H.M.S. (His Hellenic Majesty's Ship). and then the initials A.N.D.A.
I cannot find anywhere what this stands for. It doesn't on the face of it seem to be the name of a ship.
Could members give me any help with this.
I forwarded it to members in my January e-News Supplement and I received the following response from Christian Schunck:
A.N.D.A. (Greek Α.Ν.Δ.Α.) probably stands for Anfivies Dynameis Aigaioy (Greek Αμφίβιες Δυνάμεις Αιγαίου / amphibean forces of the der Aegean).
I have also borrowed the cover to scan it to illustrate it here - can anyone provide any further answers?




ΑΜΦΙΒΙΕΣ ΝΑΥΤΙΚΕΣ ΔΥΝΑΜΕΙΣ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ Amfivies naftikes dynamis Ageou
amphibious neval forces Aigeo