Variation of Oberst Brauer Postcard

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Here's an interesting variation of the Oberst Brauer postcard from the Willrich series. It's sepia toned and printed on Agfa postcard stock. Has any one seen this variation before?

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and the reverse..Unfortunately, two of the edges were trimmed, thus cutting off some of the writing in the bottom left corner. For what it's worth, the description appears to be hand writen and not preprinted.

[ramon]

I am a reasonably advanced Wolf Willrich collector and possess 9 cards not listed in the Passmore or Peters works. I know of the existance, for example of a sepia card of the famous E7 card of the Mountain trooper on the Channel coast.

I have not seen the Brauer card as a sepia card. Believe me when I say that I would love nothing more than for this to be a card produced back in the day.

Not being able to handle and see the card in the flesh makes is more difficult to give a more definite opinion. I'm a little bothered to see nothing on the back such as a VDA imprinted logo or series number although no series number is not, in and of itself, a killer. It could be a proof of some sort.

I would love to know the provenance of this card. The calipre of the paper and the 'feel' of the card would be of interest to me.

What can you tell us of the the source of this item?

Ramon

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Ramon,
Thank you for responding. In my humble opinion, I believe this to be a period card. I've had thousands of postcards pass through my hands over the years and can say with reasonable certainty this paper has the look and feel of all of the other period images I've handled in the past. This card exhibits the manufacturing qualities and aging of a period piece. There's some "silvering", for a lack of a better term, located at the dome of the helmet. This form of deterioration, I'm sure you'll agree with me, is very common amongst images produced during that era. Both edges were trimmed with the left edge exhibiting some evidence of being bound in an album. There's some very faint writing on the front that appears to say "Oberst Brauer"done in period ink. I take it by your reply that you understand there are variations out there that are not in ther reference books (I too have the Peters book). You even own such examples. Could this be some type of production run done for a Winter relief organization or something along those lines? Maybe a small production run done for a local fund raiser? I know of the VDA variation and agree with you that these points are nice to see on the reverse but not totaly necessary to authenticate the piece. The possibilites are boundless which is why I am looking forward to opinions from fellow collectors.
-Chuck

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Here's another image of the reverse, this time done with my camera instead of the scanner.