Studentica: German Student Fraternity Uniform Pekesche Alex Riess Stuttgart (Vintage RPPC 1920)

original vintage german student fraternity real photo postcard (rppc / echtfoto postkarte).
the front shows a high-quality studio portrait of a young male student in full traditional fraternity uniform (voller wichs). he wears a decorative braided jacket (pekesche), a fraternity cap (studentenmuetze), a color ribbon across his chest, and holds his white dress gloves in both hands.
the back features an authentic personal ink dedication in german student jargon to alix riess, referencing a close fraternity friendship ("leib-grobbleibbursche"). the signature includes the official monogram (zirkel) of the burschenschaft vitruvia stuttgart. dated to christmas 1920 (weihnachten 1920).
manufactured and stamped on the back by the regional producer w. roessle, stuttgart, tuebingerstr. 103.

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

postally unused

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

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