Mauser Guns Collectors Forum
Pistols => Model 1914 Pistol => Topic started by: vlim on August 28, 2018, 05:04:07 PM
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Business as usual in Berlin in december, 1918.
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Vilm,
Interesting that the add appeared so early after the cease fire.
Regards,
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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.
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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.