ORIGINAL!RARE! FRANZ RITTER VON EPP & GREGOR STRASSER MUNICH 1920S PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC
FRANZ RITTER VON EPP & GREGOR STRASSER MUNICH 1920S PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC
THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC, PERIOD-ORIGINAL VINTAGE BLACK AND WHITE REAL PHOTO POSTCARD (RPPC) FROM THE WEIMAR GERMANY ERA (CIRCA 1919-1920). THE FRONT CAPTURES THE PROMINENT BAVARIAN MILITARY GENERAL FRANZ RITTER VON EPP, KNOWN WORLDWIDE AS THE FOUNDER AND COMMANDING LEADER OF THE RIGHT-WING PARAMILITARY CELL "FREIKORPS EPP"(OR SCHÜTZENBRIGADE 21) IN STREET CLOTHES . HE IS DEPICTED IN MUNICH, STANDING ALONGSIDE AN EXCEPTIONALLY TALL FREIKORPS OFFICER CLAD IN THE UNIT'S DISTINCTION-MARKING TRADITIONAL ALPINE PARAMILITARY GEAR (LEDERHOSEN AND PATTERNED KNEE SOCKS). A SEVERE CROWD OF GERMAN BYSTANDERS, A YOUNG SPECTATOR CHILD, AND A BRIGADE CEREMONIAL SNARE DRUM ARE VISIBLE IN THE IMMEDIATE BACKGROUND VIEWING THE MILITARY PROCESSION.VON EPP WAS AN EXTREMELY INFLUENTIAL COMMANDER IN WEIMAR POLITICS. A DECORATED WWI HERO WHO EARNED ROYAL KNIGHTHOOD (THE MILITARY ORDER OF MAX JOSEPH) AND THE POUR LE MÉRITE, HE FORMED THE FREIKORPS EPP IN EARLY 1919 TO VIOLENTLY CRUSH THE COMMUNIST BAVARIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC IN MUNICH. HIS BRIGADE LAUNCHED THE PARAMILITARY CAREERS OF SEVERAL NOTORIOUS INTERWAR CHARACTERS, MAKING THIS REAL PHOTO PRINT A MAGNIFICENT PIECE FOR POST-WW1 COLLECTORS. THE UNPOSTED BACK FEATURES THE AUTHENTIC GERMAN "POSTKARTE" TYPOGRAPHY PRINTING WITH THE CHARACTERISTIC MONOGRAM STAMP BOX, CONFIRMING ITS REVENUE ANTIQUE METALLIC SILVER GELATIN MATERIAL CONTINUITY.
- SUBJECT: GENERAL FRANZ RITTER VON EPP & FREIKORPS EPP PARAMILITARY OFFICER
- COMMAND CONTEXT: FOUNDER & LEADER OF PARAMILITARY FREIKORPS RITTER VON EPP
- BACKGROUND DETAILS: MUNICH COBBLESTONE SQUARE, CITIZEN BYSTANDERS, CEREMONIAL DRUM
- TYPE: ORIGINAL REAL PHOTO POSTCARD (RPPC)
- ESTIMATED ERA: CIRCA 1919 - 1920
- CONDITION: EXCELLENT UNPOSTED VINTAGE CONDITION WITH A VERY SLIGHT SURFACE CRACK ON THE FRONT LOWER LEFT BOTTOM NOT AFFECTING THE SUBJECTS. CRISP GRAPHIC CONTRAST ON FRONT. LIGHT AGE-APPROPRIATE PAPER TONING ON REVERSE WITH NO TEARS.
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