wooden candle holder "Ehret die Scholle"

[Thälmannpionier]

since there is no more cultural thread and there was the advise to post such stuff in the political section in the future..I would like some opinions on this candle holder.

I just bought it from a local dealer here who is not into military stuff..its more like a common second hand shop with all kinds of household stuff.

on the candle holder It looks like the Motto "Ehret die Scholle.." was done privately or homemade.. It actually has a spelling error in the last word... "nähret" I only know nährt or ernährt..nähret is not correct spelled...or??

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[C.Reinhardt]

I think it is suppose to be "nährt."

I would say a home-made piece for sure!

[Dmv]

An old candleholder, but personally I'm not too enthousiast on the added tekst.

[Gerdan]

" nähret " is an old form of "nährt". It is correct but no loger used today.

There is a form "bleibt im Lande und nähret Euch redlich.." lodging in the coutry and feeds you fairly..

Gerdan

[Chris Boonzaier]

Looks like added text?

[Michael Fay]

" nähret " is an old form of "nährt". It is correct but no loger used today.

There is a form "bleibt im Lande und nähret Euch redlich.." lodging in the coutry and feeds you fairly..

Gerdan

As Gerdan probably knows better than I, these "sayings" eventually got abbreviated into shorter and shorter words.

I have had trouble figuring out many sayings and my relatives who are fluent German speakers being from there during the 30's-60's could not recognize certain words or idioms.

So that is a good sign.
But as Chris B. notes it looks a bit like it could be a later addition, maybe?

[Michael Fay]

Looks like added text?

it is a possibility.

I have always been worried when I see somthing "burned" on to wood.
I have no evidence that the burned look was not of the era, but I always wonder.
Maybe someone else has some relevant info

[Michael Fay]

Looks like added text?

it is a possibility.

I have always been worried when I see somthing "burned" on to wood.
I have no evidence that the burned look was not of the era, but I always wonder.
Maybe someone else has some relevant info

Maybe it is not burned on and just looks that way?

[Thälmannpionier]

Thanks for your help and opinions
about the text..yes, its really hard to say when the texts was added to the candleholder..certainly after the purchase of the candle holder and homemade... the dealer couldnt say anything more about it... I like ist appearence pretty much