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Interesting 1918 advertisement

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vlim:
Business as usual in Berlin in december, 1918.

1914mauser:
Vilm,

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

Regards,

vlim:
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.

vlim:
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.

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