A colonial from China–some bells and whistles

joerookery

joerookery

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Colmar/Elsass
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...sounds very unfamiliar today! But that's standard unfortunately. My whole family comes from different parts of the former Reich that aren't part of Germany today.


BUT: Has anyone an idea why this card ain't written in "Sütterlin" (that type of writing hardly possible to read) but in the way it's usual to write today??
 
BUT: Has anyone an idea why this card ain't written in "Sütterlin" (that type of writing hardly possible to read) but in the way it's usual to write today??
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No idea. Three kinds of writing and some of them mixed. It is not clear to me which one you chose. It is probably something to do with primary education. However I do not know–and though I have read a lot of studies on education I have not come across this. Good question.
 
Nice card! Actually it was quite usual to learn both hand writings in school (Kurrentschrift and humanistische Kursivschrift) until around 1900. Sütterlin was not common until the 1920s.
 
Actually it is common to see a card written in Sütterlin, but addressed in this type of script, each region had a different type of local script, so most of the post was addressed in a manner that could be read anywhere in the Empire. (I wondered why it was so hard to read)
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Gus
 
Of note is the method in which the rank buttons were placed on the tropical tunic: near the leading edges as opposed to the rear, as was normal on other tunics.

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Glenn
 
Hey Brett,
That is a nice photo, the first I have seen where loading the rifle is demonstrated.
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Gus
 
I'd love to post another pic of this guy advancing with a grenade, however it's not mine and I've given it's owner an undertaking I wouldn't disseminate the image :(
 
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