Claudius Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Can anyone fully understand this inscription? It looks like an Easter gift from 1909?, but I'm not sure I understand the rest of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 reverse. Anyone recognize this monogram? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 Fully obverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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speedytop Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Hi Claudius, you must read it as: Seinem lieben Heinr[ich] Würzburg zur freundlichen Erinnerung Ostern 1909 To his dear [student comrade] Heinrich Würzburg as friendly reminder That is usual for friendly students at the end of a semester, here at the end of the winter semester in 1909. It is a "Weinzipfel", with the "Zirkel" of the fraternity. Each society has their own colours which are derived from their individual coat of arms. See "Zipfel und Zipfelbund": http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couleur Zirkel is the monogram of a fraternity, please see here for example: http://de.wikipedia....enverbindung%29 If you know the location of the university, it could be possible, to find the fraternity. Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudius Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 Hi Claudius, you must read it as: Seinem lieben Heinr[ich] Würzburg zur freundlichen Erinnerung Ostern 1909 To his dear [student comrade] Heinrich Würzburg as friendly reminder That is usual for friendly students at the end of a semester, here at the end of the winter semester in 1909. It is a "Weinzipfel", with the "Zirkel" of the fraternity. Each society has their own colours which are derived from their individual coat of arms. See "Zipfel und Zipfelbund": http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couleur Zirkel is the monogram of a fraternity, please see here for example: http://de.wikipedia....enverbindung%29 If you know the location of the university, it could be possible, to find the fraternity. Uwe Thank you Uwe! This is very illuminating. So, this was a gift to Heinrich Würzburg from the fraternity, or from a fellow fraternity member? Location of university -unfortunately I don't know where he went to university. The only clue I have is that Heinrich Würzburg was from Ruess, Schloss Ernstbrunn. Thank you for the links. Those were very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) Yes, it is from a fellow fraternity member, from Ernst Kirchgeorg. Uer Edited March 25, 2011 by speedytop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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