PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1910)

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COBURGER HEIMATFEST
PP27-C-109
(1910)

BACKGROUND: This official festival postcard was published to commemorate The 'Coburg Home Festival' of 1910. the card was published by Verlag von Aug Hermann of Coburg and has a pre-printed 5Pf Germania stamp. The image on the card shows Germania to the left holding a small version of Morizkirche (Stadtkirche St. Moriz) a protestant church dedicated to Saint Maurice in the city of Coburg in her right hand, and a wreath in her left. The building on top of the hill is 'Veste Coburg', a well-known medieval fortress pearched above the city.

The banner along the bottom has an image of a black female head, the patron saint of Coburg, which is also on the city's Coat of Arms.

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REFERENCES:
1. PRIVATPOSTKARTEN KATALOG BAND 1 by HANSPETER FRECH 2003 Edition