Gaujägermeister für den Jagdgau Wien

Discussions on all aspects of the NSDAP, the other party organizations and the government. Hosted by Michael Miller & Igor Karpov.
Post Reply
kuki
Member
Posts: 2
Joined: 29 Mar 2019, 12:12
Location: Germany

Gaujägermeister für den Jagdgau Wien

#1

Post by kuki » 29 Mar 2019, 12:29

A friend of mine from Ukraine sent me a picture of a hunting knife from Nazi time currently on private sale
He asked me to translate him the inscription but I found some mismatches

The inscription is the following:

"Ehrengeschenk des Deutschen Jägerschaft
Der Gaujägermeister für den Jagdgau Wien
Oberbürgermeister Dr. Ing. Neubacher, 5.6.1937"

From what I could find in some public sources, Dr. Ing. Neubacher was indeed a mayor of Wien but after Anschluss of Austria which occurred in 1938.
So the first mismatch is the date. Other mismatches in my opinion are some letters like U in gaU which seems like gaN, Neubacher which seems like KENbacher, and s in OberbürgermeiSter which seems like F.

Unfortunately I couldn't find any information about the Jagdgau Wien and when it was founded but I suppose that it happenned not before the Anschluss.

Is it a fake knife?

Thanks for your help
Attachments
IMG-20190326-WA0001.jpg
screenshot2
IMG-20190326-WA0000.jpg
screenshot1
IMG-20190326-WA0000.jpg (17.35 KiB) Viewed 1413 times

User avatar
Frech
Forum Staff
Posts: 2349
Joined: 08 Oct 2005, 09:27
Location: Austria
Contact:

Re: Gaujägermeister für den Jagdgau Wien

#2

Post by Frech » 29 Mar 2019, 12:54

If you read the inscription on the knife the name is misspelled: "Kenbacher" and - as you already know - the date is completly wrong. Therefore it appears as a fake.

Regards

Christian


kuki
Member
Posts: 2
Joined: 29 Mar 2019, 12:12
Location: Germany

Re: Gaujägermeister für den Jagdgau Wien

#3

Post by kuki » 29 Mar 2019, 13:09

Thanks for the fast reply. With the second opinion from Austria I am more than satisfied.
Best

Post Reply

Return to “NSDAP, other party organizations & Government”