Here’s a 1920 postcard whose caption translates as “Warm New Year Greetings!” It shows an illustration of two adorable little girls, dressed for winter; the older girl carries a basket of holly on one arm. We see part of a town in the background – note the water pump. Have they just come from the local bakery? They’ve stopped on their journey to peer at the cone-shaped paper-wrapped package that the older girl is holding. Would this have been a traditional German New Year’s treat? Perhaps someone can enlighten us on this point!  This artwork was signed with only the initials, “R.R.”

The back of the card was addressed to:  “Wolg. Familie Bley, Coburg, Sasch. Steinweg FO[?].”  Steinweg I believe is the street the Bley family was living on in the town of Coburg. The sender’s message is hard to determine, though. I’m not sure if it was written in German or possibly Czech? It appears to be signed,  “familie Michálek”  or Mihálek?

Publisher M. Munk is possibly Max Munk or Marcus Munk; both first names are showing up on other websites. This will take some additional research. For now, this web author is off to make some German pastries, having been inspired by this postcard!

Divided back, artist-signed, used postcard. Circa 1920. Artist’s initials:  “R.R.”  Publisher:  M. Munk, Wien, (M. Munk, Vienna) number 790. Geschützt. (Protected or copyrighted.)

Price:  $15.00