Gymnastics: Gruss Vom Turnfest Vater Jahn Gut Heil Stuttgart (Vintage PC Litho 1896)

antique german multi-view lithograph postcard titled gruss vom turnfest mit gut-heil.
the front design features a gymnast holding a sword and raising his hat in greeting, a marching band parade, athletes practicing on the parallel bars, high bar, and rings, a gymnast lifting weights, a traditional turnen 4f cross shield symbol, and a portrait wreath dedicated to vater jahn friedrich ludwig jahn. the front includes a long contemporary handwritten greeting in old german ink script.
published by s. stern, frankfurt a. m., friedbergerlandstrasse 139.
the reverse side shows an undivided back postkarte franked with a green 3 pfennig deutsches reich reichspost postage stamp cancelled by a circular postmark from langen darmstadt. the back also features a very crisp circular town arrival postmark from stuttgart dated 5/6 96. it is addressed to fraeulein bertha emma locher in stuttgart.

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

postally used in 1896

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

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