Friday, October 5, 2018

Deutches Reich

Germany, 100pf stamp issued 1934, showing Paul von Hindenburg.
Source: Wiki commons
Germany. Deutsches Reich was an endonym used on German stamps from 1902 to 1945.  

The name is often displayed in the old-fashioned Fractur font, which present difficulty for modern readers, in particular the use of the long, or descending s (ſ), which looks much like the letter f. 

After the defeat of Germany in 1945, Deutsches Reich ceased to be used due to strong association of the word reich with the Nazi regime.

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