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Pistols => Model 1914 Pistol => Topic started by: vlim on August 28, 2018, 05:04:07 PM

Title: Interesting 1918 advertisement
Post by: vlim on August 28, 2018, 05:04:07 PM
Business as usual in Berlin in december, 1918.



Title: Re: Interesting 1918 advertisement
Post by: 1914mauser on August 29, 2018, 07:23:59 AM
Vilm,

Interesting that the add appeared so early after the cease fire.

Regards,
Title: Re: Interesting 1918 advertisement
Post by: vlim on August 29, 2018, 10:01:03 AM
I think Kappes & Bauer cleverly decided to play on the feeling of unrest that was sweeping across Berlin.

There were uprisings and fights between communist and conservative factions, several attempts at revolutions and a number of reckonings between them.

Berlin was a nasty place to be between October, 1918 and 1919, and I think the local gun dealers sold well.
Title: Re: Interesting 1918 advertisement
Post by: vlim on August 31, 2018, 11:24:20 AM
The ad is actually a post card.


The other side reveals it was sent on the 28th of December, 1918 to the company Waffenfabrik Bürgemüller & Sohne in Kreiensee. That company still exists and produces CNC machines.