Money or postcard?

The adjutant sets out on short trips to secure provisions and perhaps find something special somewhere. There is hardly anything to be had in the surrounding area, neither for money nor for kind words. Until one day he discovers a miraculous remedy. And when he once again encounters someone who surely has all sorts of good things to give away, but shrugs his shoulders and spreads his hands regretfully, the adjutant reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a postcard. On this postcard, Captain von Richthofen is photographed in his finest uniform with all his medals and his most winning smile, and what's more, his handwritten signature appears below the photograph. And that works wonders and proves to be more precious, valuable and effective than money and kind words: the adjutant never returns from his little trips empty-handed again.