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Trading sugar for soap behind the lines, 1918. A kilo of sugar is going for 1 1/2 kilos of laundry soap.
Original watercolor postcard by Schima Martos. |
Caption, in both German and Hungarian:
Tausch im Hinterlande 1918 Cserebere
Für 1 kiló Zucker - 1½ kiló Waschseife
1 kiló cukorért - 1½ kiló Mososzappant
Exchange behind the lines, 1918 Swap
For 1 kilo of sugar - 1½ kilo laundry soap
1 kilo of sugar is - 1½ pounds of laundry soap
Reverse:
The card is addressed to Franz Martos, Mezökövesd, Hungary, postmarked from Helsinki (Helsingfors), Finland on 1918-11-05, and stamped again in Mezökövesd on 1918-11-18. |
sugar, inflation, soap, exchange, prices, 1918, November, 1918-11-05, rationing, Schima-Martos, Schima Martos, Schima, Martos |
