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ORIGINAL! RARE!HITLER TRIAL BEER HALL PUTSCH MUNICH APR. 1, 1924 w/ LUDENDORFF PHOTO POSTCARD
HITLER TRIAL BEER HALL PUTSCH MUNICH APR. 1, 1924 w/ LUDENDORFF. PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC.
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS AN EXTRAORDINARY, HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE ORIGINAL REAL PHOTO POSTCARD (RPPC) DEPICTING GENERAL ERICH LUDENDORFF ON ONE OF THE MOST MOMENTOUS DAYS IN WEIMAR GERMANY HISTORY.THIS GENUINE HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH CAPTURES THE WORLD WAR I COMMANDER IN FULL IMPERIAL PRUSSIAN UNIFORM AS HE EXITS ST. MICHAEL\'S COURT CHURCH (STUDIENKIRCHE ST. MICHAEL) IN MUNICH ON APRIL 1, 1924. THIS EXACT MOMENT WAS CAPTURED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE VERDICT OF THE FAMOUS HITLER-LUDENDORFF TRIAL, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FAILED NOVEMBER 1923 BEER HALL PUTSCH.WHILE ADOLF HITLER WAS SENTENCED TO PRISON, LUDENDORFF WAS ACQUITTED. THIS SPECIFIC PHOTO SHOWS LUDENDORFF STEPPING OUT INTO THE PUBLIC EYE TO VISUAL SALUTES, WEARING HIS HIGH-CONTRAST PRUSSIAN MILITARY DECORATIONS—INCLUDING HIS DISTINCTIVE BLACK AND WHITE STRIPED GRAND CROSS DECORATION RIBBON RUNNING DIAGONALLY ACROSS HIS TORSO, SEEN MERGING WITH THE SILHOUETTE OF THE GUARD STANDING IN THE FOREGROUND.
- SUBJECT: GENERAL ERICH LUDENDORFF ACCOMPANIED BY MILITARY GUARDS AND SPECTATORS.
- LOCATION: ST. MICHAEL\'S COURT CHURCH (ST. MICHAELS-HOFKIRCHE), MUNICH, GERMANY.
- DATE OF EVENT: APRIL 1, 1924 (HITLER-LUDENDORFF TRIAL VERDICT DAY).
- REVERSE SIDE: FEATURES PERIOD GERMAN PENCIL HANDWRITING EXPLICITLY IDENTIFYING THE HISTORICAL SCENE: \"EXCLL. LUDENDORFF VERLÄSST D. ST. MICHAELS-HOFKIRCHE\"(EXCELLENCY LUDENDORFF LEAVING THE ST. MICHAEL\'S COURT CHURCH).
- PUBLISHER MARK: IDENTIFIED BY THE AUTHENTIC POSTCARD PRINTING STAMP AT THE BOTTOM: \"PT W 1023 IX\".
THIS IS A GENUINE ANTIQUE POSTCARD OVER 100 YEARS OLD. IT IS IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION GIVEN ITS AGE. SHOWS BEAUTIFUL PERIOD SEPIA/BLACK-AND-WHITE CONTRAST. THE EDGES ARE CRISP WITH CHARMING DECKLED OR PERIOD-CORRECT CORNER WEAR AS SEEN IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE REVERSE HAS NO POSTMARK OR STAMP, PRESERVING THE HANDWRITTEN GERMAN INSCRIPTION PERFECTLY. PLEASE CAREFULLY REVIEW BOTH HI-RES IMAGES PROVIDED TO ASSESS THE EXACT CONDITION BEFORE PURCHASING.
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