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1915 Inland Postcard
Two cards, with imprinted 5c Tell Boy Type III, and featuring patriotic scenes, were issued for the 1915 Festival
29 July 1915: card addressed to Interlaken and posted at Dietfurt in Canton St. Gallen
DIETFURT cds 29.VII.15
The Rütli Oath
Artist: Burkhard Mangold (1873-1950)
Printer: unknown
No’s sold: 200,658
On the night of August 1st 1291,
delegates from the cantons of Uri,
Schwyz, and Unterwalden met secretly at
the Rütli meadow overlooking the shores
of Lake Lucerne, and swore an Oath of
Allegiance to rid their country of the
Habsburgs. Here they formed the
“Everlasting Alliance”, confirming the
birth of an independent Swiss nation.
Sale Price: 20c, with 15c donated to the fund for war-ravaged and homeless Swiss refugees
