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SOKOL POSTCARDS
Undated cards (Click on any image to view an enlarged version) These are apparently generic cards, produced not for a specific Slet, but for general use. We know they are Sokol cards by the uniforms and symbols - eagles, and the Sokol insignia.
The date on the card below
("Sesteho cervence" = sixth July) was a mystery until Brian Day discovered
a card from the 8th All-Sokol Slet in 1926, explaining its significance.
The postcard obviously depicts a Sokol slaying the Austrian double-headed eagle of the Catholic Habsburg
dynasty; a reminder of Independence, but the date "6th July" also recalls the anniversary of the
burning at the stake of the Protestant Mistra Jana Husi by Roman-Catholics on 6th July 1415.
Undated card with photograph from 1880 of Sokol II house and gym in Ceske Budejovice.
Rare 5h. charity label sold for the benefit of the group.
M. Tyrs, founder of the Sokol movement
Undivided back cards - these are cards produced prior to 1906 or 1907,
when Austria authorized the modern form of card, with space for message on
the address side.
Divided back cards
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