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Introduction
1882 - I
1887
1891 - II
1895 - III
1898
1899
1900
1901 - IV
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907 - V
1908
1910
1911
1912 - VI
1913
1914
1915
1916
1918
1919
1920 - Local Events
1920 - VII
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926 - VIII
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932 - IX
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938 - X
1947
1948 - XI
1989
1994 - XII
1996
Undated cards
London 1943
Chile
USA
Workers Olympics
Catholic Eagles
Slovak Catholic Sokol
Poster Stamps
Links
References
UPDATES

Link to NPM 15th Anniversary web page

SOKOL POSTCARDS

Undated cards

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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.

Image and description courtesy of Brian Day - see References Image and description courtesy of Brian Day - see References
Image and description courtesy of Brian Day - see References

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





Image courtesy of CPSGB and Brian Day - see References Image courtesy of CPSGB and Brian Day - see References

Image and description courtesy of Brian Day - see References Image and description courtesy of Brian Day - see References Image and description courtesy of Brian Day - see References Image and description courtesy of Brian Day - see References



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