3433 - Westminster, Maryland, United States of America

A great sports-themed card of the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles are a Major League Baseball team that play in the East Division of the American League. The franchise, which started out as the Milwaukee Brewers in 1894, were one of the eight charter teams of the American League in 1901. The franchise in Milwaukee only last one year. In 1902, the team moved to St. Louis and became the Browns. In 1953, the Browns were purchased by a group of Baltimore business and civic interests and moved to Baltimore to become the Orioles.

The franchise's first World Series appearance was in 1944, but they lost to their stadium sharing rivals from the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cards would win 4 games to 2. Both teams featured rosters of players who normally wouldn't be playing the Major League level. Many of Major League Baseball's talent were fighting in World War II.

The first World Series for the Baltimore Orioles came in 1966, where they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4 games to 0. The Orioles went on the World Series seven times (as of 2023), winning in 1966, 1970, and 1983.

Overall the franchise's overall record is 9029 wins, 10 013 losses, and 110 ties, for a win percentage of .474. In Baltimore they are 5567 - 5459 - 12 with a win percentage of .505.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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