Thomas W Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I asked, because I hoped that you can show us a close-up of the man on the far right? If it arrives safely from Germany, I'll be glad to. I've lost so many cards now that I think I have only about a 65 percent chance of receiving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 If it arrives safely from Germany, I'll be glad to. I've lost so many cards now that I think I have only about a 65 percent chance of receiving it. Let us know when it arrived! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Let us know when it arrived! Will do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 Look at the man standing on the far right, Robin. That looks suspiciously like a very dark Totenkopf sleeve badge. :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 (edited) Just bought this. The rear says "Meeting of the Black Hand at the park at_________. 1.6.16" The Black Hand in Serbia was a nationalist organization that fielded assassins who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Serbian Black Hand also used a skull-and-crossbones motif. I wonder what the story of this postcard is...? Edited March 27, 2010 by Thomas W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 The back of the Black Hand card: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 Just bought this. The rear says "Meeting of the Black Hand at the park at_________. 1.6.16" The Black Hand in Serbia was a nationalist organization that fielded assassins who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Serbian Black Hand also used a skull-and-crossbones motif. I wonder what the story of this postcard is...? Interesting. Reminds me of my high school lessons (very MANY years ago!) on the Black Hand and Gavrilo Princep, etc. But the uniforms look German, not Serbian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 But the uniforms look German, not Serbian. Yup. They are indeed Germans. Sorry I didn't clarify. The two seated men and the bearded man may be Guard Pioneers, which is why I bought the card. Anything to do with German Guard Pioneers and Totenkopf makes me excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 (edited) I wonder what the story of this postcard is...? Really interesting photo! I would like to know the story, too. The board with the German inscription "Die Schwarze Hand GmbH"? GmbH = Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung = Ltd. A kind of fun photo? Edited March 28, 2010 by Sergeant 08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Really interesting photo! I would like to know the story, too. The board with the German inscription "Die Schwarze Hand GmbH"? GmbH = Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung = Ltd. A kind of fun photo? I don't know. The Serbian Black Hand (which also used a Totenkopf symbol) started the war by killing Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Maybe this is a sarcastic German joke photo commenting about the war? I can't read the name of the park on the back of the card, but it looks Slavic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 (edited) Maybe this is a sarcastic German joke photo commenting about the war? I agree. A sarcastic photo. Only for fun! It is a possible interpretation for this photo, I think. Edited March 28, 2010 by Sergeant 08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lumsden Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 (edited) I can't read the name of the park on the back of the card, but it looks Slavic. I wonder where that 'Lustgarten' was? Edited March 29, 2010 by Robin Lumsden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 (edited) I wonder where that 'Lustgarten' was? "Tagung der schwarzen Hand im Lustgarten zu Yanny (signed) Straub" Edited March 29, 2010 by Naxos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 "Tagung der schwarzen Hand im Lustgarten zu Yanny Thanks very much. I'm trying to find where Yanny is, using Google, and I keep getting information on Yanni the horrible new-age musician! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Thanks very much. I'm trying to find where Yanny is, using Google, and I keep getting information on Yanni the horrible new-age musician! Thomas, it could also read Yamy. There are a coulpe of places by that name in the Ukraine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I read Gaunz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I read Gaunz... But where is the "u"? Look at the word "zu". They used a small mark over the "u". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lembke Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Several things suggest that it might be an actual German fun society (e.g., Schlaferia, I may have spelled that wrong, an international fun society), of some take-off or parody on same. People meet and drink, have fun-names and mock titles, give each other fake medals, probably have special songs, perhaps parodies. Hardy might expand on this. Or maybe just some fun in a German NCO casino. Despite the rumors, Germans do have a sense of humor, its just different. Bob Lembke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Despite the rumors, Germans do have a sense of humor, its just different. I'm not going to touch that one. Unnh-uh, no way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Sergeant 08: I received the card I posted above. Not a black Totenkopf. Dark, but not black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Despite the rumors, Germans do have a sense of humor, its just different. There are rumors, that we have no sense of humor? Propaganda of our enemies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant 08 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Sergeant 08: I received the card I posted above. Not a black Totenkopf. Dark, but not black. Thomas, thanks for your help again! Maybe we need more time to find the truth, but it is out there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 From the same card that I just received, I present the most haunting portrait in my collection: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 From the same card that I just received, I present the most haunting portrait in my collection: Glasauge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) Glasauge? Glass eye or strabismus, either from a wound or from birth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabismus Could a man with strabismus join the flamethrower regiment if he already had the condition? Or was he wounded and allowed to remain? Edited April 1, 2010 by Thomas W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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