Maturitat: Vivant Muli Cicero Gymnasium School Graduation Abitur (Vintage PC 1909)

original vintage german academic novelty postcard celebrating a gymnasium high school graduation (abitur / matura) from the year 1909.
the front features a clever black and white graphic illustration signed by the artist f.s. it depicts a large broom sweeping away a pile of school textbooks symbolizing the end of school drill. the visible titles include classical antique authors and subjects such as demosthenes, thukydides, horaz, cicero, geometrie, and the famous greek grammar book by kaegi.
a paper flag attached to the broom handle displays a student monogram (zirkel) and the graduation year 1909. the heading reads vivant muli, a humorous turn-of-the-century student jargon phrase celebrating the graduates who successfully slaved through their school years.
the back is an unused divided postcard (postkarte) printed in sans-serif font.

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

postally unused

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

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