German Cigarettes are Captured Military Equipment In a previous post, I talked about an empty German cigarettes tin that we found. During our final clean out, deep within the back bar and high upon a shelf, we found another tin and along with it, a box full of German cigarettes, some postcards exchanged between two lovebirds named Fritz & Yvonne, and a certificate of captured military equipment dated June of 1944. Okay, so I guess cigarettes are considered military equipment. A lot to unpack in this find, but let's start with the tin and cigarettes. I learned from researching for my previous post that these were common issue for German soldiers. The certificate seems to be standard documentation for 'captured military equipment'. ' The postcards were in the box along with this certificate. Leads me to make the assumption that the owner of these cigarettes was likely Fritz and his sweetheart was Yvonne? Unfortunately, the handwriting on the back of the postca
Mautz's Tavern - A Historical Commentary.......... The Mautz Tavern and home has such an interesting past with so many artifacts still inside that I felt compelled to document as much of this part of my family history associated with the bar and residence as I can.This blog is my way of attempting to tell its story and processing all of the treasures of the past still in the home and the stories that go along with them.