Period Advertising

[Guest Rick Research]

Here's a Godet advertisement from the back of the 1908/09 Deutscher Ordens-Almanach, showing the firm's name at that point in time, and their address. Notice that while they can and will provide any desired decorations foreign or domestic, when mounting 'em up, they deal only with their own products!

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[Bob Hunter]

Interesting. Apparently by the time our Rittmeister Bodenstedt placed his order the policy had changed.

[Gerd Becker]

Interesting. So we can assume, that they produced all foreign decorations, which were awarded to germans?

Gerd

Edited August 12, 2005 by Gerd Becker

[Bob Hunter]

Gerd, it is possible that they did at that time but I believe that may have changed a few years later. I have a Godet assembled bar dating around the first half of 1914 that contains Italian maker marked decorations.

[Stogieman]

Nice add and nice clear logo at the top that is not often seen. I would be surprised if they made every single (outside of Prussia) order and decoration. You're talking about a massive expense in tooling, etc. to make (as an example) W?rttemburg Order of The Crown.... for how many pieces they might sell? Dollars to donuts they bought from other "house jewelers"

[Glenn J]

Speaking of period adverts, this one tickles me from the mid 1890's. So now we know - German officers slept with their caps on

Regards

Glenn

[Ralph A]

Sidebar to Rick's translation:

"Eigene vs. eignen."

?Funf Mark die Woche musst du sparren;

Willst du im eignen Wagen fahren.?

An article (American Heritage history series) enthusiastically quoted this KdF blurb as an ?insight? into the state of the German economy of the mid-30?s.

It translated the blurb as ?If you ever want to own a car, you?ll need to save?? the point being that a German having an automobile was something relatively rare in that day.

But what it really says is ?If you ever want to own a suitable car??

...which is another thing entirely.

tsk tsk. Gotta watch those translations! Moving ONE letter makes all the difference...

Did I call this correctly? I wrote a letter to the editor, which went unanswered.

[Guest Brian von Etzel]

They slept with their caps on, now that's of historical note! All you need is THE Schlafsack and you could pop up fully outfitted for battle!

[Chris B.]

"eignen" wagen could be your "own" car. I think I saw that blurb in an early advertisement for the Volkswagen. "you have to save five marks a week, if you want to drive your own car". Regards, Chris B.

Edited August 13, 2005 by Chris B.

[Guest Rick Research]

Never mind wearing the CAP in the sack... think what those SPURS must have done to the quilted lining!

[Bob Hunter]

"They slept with their caps on" would make a great movie title...or was that boots?