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A mass of German troops bear an enormous egg striped in the black, white, and red of the german flag. Atop the egg, a cannon is fired by troops with a Hungarian flag. The target, diminutive in the distance, is Paris, Eiffel Tower gray against the brown city. The watercolor is labeled, Husvét . Páris piros tojása . 1918 Easter . Red eggs for Paris . 1918 The front of the card is postmarked 1918-04-05 from Melököveso. The card is a Feldpostkarte, a field postcard, from Asbach Uralt, old German cognac. Above the brand name, two German soldiers wheel a field stove past a crate containing a bottle of the brandy under the title Gute Verpflegung, Good Food. Above the addressee is written Einschreiben, enroll, and Nach Ungarn, to Hungary. The card is addressed to Franz Moritos, and is postmarked Hamburg, 1918-03-30. A Hamburg stamp also decorates the card. A hand-painted postcard by Schima Martos. , Germany on registered fieldpost card, 1918, message: Red Egg for Paris, Easter, 1918. The German advance in Operation Michael in the March, 1918 nearly broke the Allied line, and threatened Paris, putting it once again in range of a new German supergun capable of hitting the city from 70 miles away. |
Husvét . Páris piros tojása . 1918
Easter . Red eggs for Paris . 1918
The front of the card is postmarked 1918-04-05 from Melököveso |
Easter, Easter egg, 1918, 1918-04-05, April, Paris, spring, 1918-03-31, Red Egg for Paris, Paris gun, Paris super-gun |
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Collage: beneath a ration ticket for bread for the week of March 25 to 31, 1918 is a 1915 five-Korona coin with two angels suspending a crown. On either side of the coin is written in Hungarian A tejjel-mézzel folyó — kánaán — ból 1918 egy kenyér-czédula ára = öt korona From Canann, the river of milk and honey, to rationing: in 1918 Czédula Bread cost her a crown. (Speculation: Kenyér-Czédula was a bakery. A web search shows at auction a menu for Étel Czédula, Czédula Food.) The ration ticket reads: kenyér — vagy kenyérliszt-utalvány kg. 1.70 súlyú kenyérre vagy kg. 1.20 kenyér lisztre. Érvényes csak 1918 évi március hó 25-31 — ig terjed? negyedik hétre. kenyér — vagy kenyérliszt-utalvány xxx való visszaélés kihágas! képez és rendörhatóságilag szigorúan büntettetik 8 Bread- or bread-flour-voucher 1.70 kg. of bread or 1.20 kg. of bread-flour Valid only in the year 1918, March 25 to 31 for up to four weeks. Bread- or bread-flour-voucher [. . .] abuse is an offense! and shall be severely punished by the police. The card is hand-made on watercolor paper by Schima Martos. Dated September 12, 1918. |
Hungarian. A tejjel-mézzel folyó — kánaán — ból 1918 egy kenyér-czédula ára = öt korona
From Canaan, the river of milk and honey, Canann, to rationing: in 1918 Czédula Bread cost her a crown. (Speculation: Kenyér-Czédula was a bakery. A web search shows at auction a menu for Étel Czédula, Czédula Food.]
The ration ticket bears a large 8 and an overprinted V, and reads:
kenyér — vagy kenyérliszt-utalvány
kg. 1.70 súlyú kenyérre vagy kg. 1.20 kenyér lisztre.
Érvényes csak 1918 évi március hó 25-31 — ig
terjed? negyedik hétre.
kenyér — vagy kenyérliszt-utalvány xxx való visszaélés kihágas!
képez és rendörhatóságilag szigorúan büntettetik
8
Bread- or bread-flour-voucher
1.70 kg. of bread or 1.20 kg. of bread-flour
Valid only in the year 1918, March 25 to 31 months — for up to four weeks.
Bread- or bread-flour-voucher [. . .] abuse is an offense!
and shall be severely punished by the police.
Reverse: Dated September 12, 1918. |
Hungary, rationing, ration card, bread, 1918, March, 1918-03-25, 1918-03-31, currency, money, korona, watercolor, Martos, Schima, Schima Martos, Schima-Martos, artist, collage |
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Headstone of Able Seaman J. Wilkinson at Martinpuich Cemetery, Martinpuich, France. Wilkinson died March 25, 1918, age 24. |
[In/To] the Memory of
R/257 Able Seaman
J. Wilkinson, RNVR
Drake Battn. R.N.D.
25th March 1918 Age 24
Who was buried by the enemy in Martinpuich German Cemetery No. 1 but whose grave is now lost
Not forgotten by Father, Mother and all at home |
headstone, Able Seaman J. Wilkinson, Able Seaman, J. Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Martinpuich Cemetery, Martinpuich, France, 1918, March, 1918-03-25 |