Austria: Music Bierspruch Thomas Koschat Beer Kissing Military (Vintage PC Litho 1899)

vintage color lithograph postcard titled bierspruch (beer toast) featuring musical notation and lyrics composed by thomas koschat. the design includes a romantic vignette of a kissing couple on the left and a student in traditional attire drinking from a large horn on the right.
printed and published by aug. denk, vienna vii, with sole distribution by rudolf neuber, vienna vii. artwork signed by e. voelker. the front contains a handwritten message in german script.
the reverse side is undivided and addressed to a soldier (herrn h. schwanenberger) serving in the infantry battalion 143, 6th company (inft. bat. 143, vi comp.) in strassburg, alsace (then part of the german empire), noted as being on guard duty (auf wachtkommando). it bears a clear postmark from erstein dated august 30, 1899, and a strassburg (els.) arrival postmark from the same night.

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

postally used in 1899

condition: very good...please also refer to scans which show complete front and back of postcard

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