... this photo:
Rick & Rick, you know the answer so no telling!
Rick & Rick, you know the answer so no telling!
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It looks a bit odd, although I'm guessing. Is he wearing a Confederate uniform? What's with the beard anyhow? Pioneer? -
His Iron cross is in the Middle. that's what's odd about it!Comment
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The first cross looks like a bavarian military merit cross. It was some kind of standart practice for Saxon and Bavaria to wear at first THEIR own decorations.Comment
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all true-but look DOWN! Es ist auf english!Comment
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You mean the picture with the word "reproduction"?Comment
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Its not in english- its just old german spelling- photograph and reproduction are both words originating from latin and they were written like that once- that was some 3 "rechtschreibreform" ago.
Gruß,
KSMComment
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Thats right, and there is the name of a studio from munich on it.Comment
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That's right! Richtig!
However, in this sense i believe it's used in the English sense as the photo glows like a lava lamp under blacklight. I use it to illustrate a growing phenomenon-the faking of CDVs.
Beware!@Comment
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And, I thank Jeff for ruining my whole day with that Hideous Revelation on Sunday (see Lowell thread in Local Chapters, if you are Association members and can "see" the "invisible" stuff, for the sort of day it was already)... the OTHER ones were NOT so marked.
Those CdVs also bore the typical full printed backings with "1st Prize in 1893" sort of labels most bear: scuffed, mixed in with originals in dim halls or shops, they would EASILY pass as real for the couple of dollars they cost. So now we have to blacklight THESE as well!!!
In going through Stogie-Rick's albums, I found two Third Reich fakes, same thing, bright electric blue under blacklight... one of which had "only for service use" stamp in German on back to add to the deception.
I have been seeing faked Soviet photos for over a year...
literally NOTHING is now "safe."
So, thanks for the warning, Jeff-- now we know!Comment
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