Postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiser Franz Joseph, in the Secessionist style. Kaiser Wilhelm is wearing the uniform and shako of the Death's Head Hussars.
Völkerkrieg (people's war)1914; In Treue FestPeople's WarFirm in Loyalty
"Brünn (745 ft.), the capital of Moravia, with 125,000 inhab. (two-thirds German), lies in a beautiful fertile region at the foot of the Spielberg, between the Schwarzawa and the Zwittawa. The town, which was an important place as early as the 9th cent. is now one of the chief manufacturing places in the Austrian empire, especially for cloth."
The Sokol sports and gymnastics movement was founded in Prague in the Czech region of Austria-Hungary in 1862, and spread to other Slavic regions and countries. The movement played a role in the rise of nationalism. The Sokols held gatherings, "slets," with gymnastics competitions, demonstrations, speeches, and performances. A regional slet was in progress in Brünn (Brno), Austria-Hungary, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his Czech wife were assassinated.
Austria-Hungary, including Dalmatia and Bosnia : handbook for travellers by Karl Baedeker, 342, 343, copyright © 1911, publisher: Karl Baedeker, publication date: 1911
1914-06-27, 1914, June, Brno, Kouby, Sokol, Slet, Sokol Slet
