top of page

General Discussion

Public·137 members

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?



72 Views

ΑΜΦΙΒΙΕΣ ΝΑΥΤΙΚΕΣ ΔΥΝΑΜΕΙΣ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ Amfivies naftikes dynamis Ageou

amphibious neval forces Aigeo

© 2025 Forces Postal History Society

bottom of page