I recently obtained some cool looking notgeld from Aachen. I was fortunate to visit the city about a month and a half ago. The city was the center of Charlemagne's empire, and was a spa town on the edge of the Roman Empire long before that. Hot springs are still active in the city.
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Got these old ANWB (Royal Dutch Touring Club) stamps with various driver's tips for autos and cyclists. I love the artistry in these.
In the early thirties, the ANWB issued three series of large safe traffic stamps with educational images and texts made by the well-known advertising designer Mathieu Güthschmidt. In 1932 the first series of 24 unnumbered stamps of 65 x 45 mm, 12 portrait and 12 landscape, appeared, with the images in sepia and light orange (this set below). This series was soon followed by a series of 18 even larger stamps of 93 x 63 mm in the same colours, on which two images next to each other with the wrong situation on the left and the right situation on the right. Clearly there are 12 more to find in this series, and a second series to find as well from this artist. Note that these are not stamps in the philatelic sense of the word. They would more accurately be called "Cinderellas". I normally don't go for Cindies, but these are quite cool looking. Video of the Paraset receiving a station. I held the phone to the headphones to record the sound, so it is not the best. Some stations came in clearer than on my modern FT857. That could be because they used different antennas which had gain in different regions. Got my Paraset working. After a bit of troubleshooting I got mine working. Turned out I missed one wire from the reaction pot to V2 and I had an intermittent short in the cable from the power supply to the set (from 6.3V to ground). Fortunately the thing is quite robust and I didn't smoke anything.
Last month I had the fortune to visit Xanten in Germany. Xanten used to be a large Roman town. Here is some notgeld I got recently in connection with Xanten and its Roman past. In this case how a Germanic tribe (the Batavi), attempted to revolt against the Romans around 69-70 AD. The revolt was lead by Gaius Julius Civilis (sometimes called Claudius Civilis) who gathered Celtic tribes from Gallia Belgica and some Germanic tribes to his cause. Two legions under Mummius Lupercus were defeated at Castra Vetera (Xanten) as depicted on the notgeld. Unfortunately, for the Batavians, that was not the end. After these initial successes, a massive Roman army led by the Roman general Quintus Petillius Cerialis forced the Gauls and mutinous troops into submission. Civilis was eventually defeated at Augusta Treverorum (Trier) and Castra Vetera, and forced to withdraw to the island of the Batavians. He finally came to an agreement with Cerialis whereby his countrymen obtained certain advantages, and resumed amicable relations with Rome. Between AD 69 and 70, the Batavi, a Germanic tribe located on the delta of the river Rhine, lead a revolt against the Romans in that region of the Empire. It was lead by Gaius Julius Civilis (sometimes called Claudius Civilis) who gathered Celtic tribes from Gallia Belgica and some Germanic tribes to his cause. Two legions under Mummius Lupercus were defeated at Castra Vetera (just as depicted on the notgeld). Unfortunately, for the Batavians, that was not the end. After these initial successes, a massive Roman army led by the Roman general Quintus Petillius Cerialis forced the Gauls and mutinous troops into submission. Civilis was eventually defeated at Augusta Treverorum (Trier) and Castra Vetera, and forced to withdraw to the island of the Batavians. He finally came to an agreement with Cerialis whereby his countrymen obtained certain advantages, and resumed amicable relations with Rome.
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AuthorCharles Baetsen holds a Bachelor and a Master's degree in Engineering Physics from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Archives
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