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04-30-2011 11:09 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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Re: What is this book?
It is not 'SS' at all. Someone did not know how to write in runic, was dyslexic, or it was
a young person who has hand written it on there. It appears to be a simple
note pad advertising a German company.
Companies and/or their salesmen sometimes give things like this away to employees
and customers. It's a small way of saying 'thanks for doing business' - it's free
advertising or promotion, and it continues in similar fashion in some form
or another to this day. Think of the 'stir sticks' they give you when
you buy a can of paint from the hardware store.
The info inside might be his buddies' addresses so the guy could
look them up when he was back home after the war.
I like the jack knife...............!
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Re: What is this book?
Thanks for the info and do you think the SS runes are original? Also Thanks its a Pocket eze also from the vet. - Nick K
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Re: What is this book?
"Kaufhaus
Kröll & Nill
Augsburg
Telefon: 1344 u. 1345"
means
"Department Store
Kröll & Nill
Augsburg
Telephone: 1344 and 1345"
As has been said before, it's a commercial giveaway item and has SS connection. It is impossible to say who wrote the "mirror image" SS runes on the cover and when.
Just for additional info; according to this German-language city chronicle entry...:
Augsburger Stadtlexikon - Die Stadtgeschichte von Augsburg: K
...the Kröll & Nill firm was established in 1874. The company's building was destroyed in 1944 and re-built in 1949-51. According to the Augsburg phone directory, they are still in business
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