German 1919 Revolution Hamburg Freikorps Reichswehr Gruppe A Feldpost Cover
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Item #:87259
FrankingFP
Date Used1919-07-16
Price$299.00
Freikorps Registered Feldpost; worn, folded, good condition, as per scans. With cachet of the Reichswehr, Gruppe 'A', from before there was an official defense force of the new government, during the violent Strassenkampf or 'street battles' between the left wing Spartakists / Communists and the center-right (Socialists, Imperialists, and Freikorps in an uneasy alliance) as both sides attempted to seize power. After early Communist victories the Socialist-Right Wing coalition (led by Friedrich Ebert) eventually won. Later, though, many of those same Freikorps soldiers turned on the Republic they helped found, yet despised, and joined the SA, where their street muscle was used by a certain Austrian corporal to propel himself into power.

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