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Hussite Warrior with Shield and Chalice, 1415

Hussite Warrior with Shield and Chalice, 1415 Czechoslovakia
Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $15.95
Stock #:1103635
Type: Postcard
Country: Czechoslovakia
Artist: C. V. Muttich
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Publisher's Series #: 229-19
Additional Details:
An allegorical depiction of a Hussite warrior standing before a cross, holding a shield. A chalice, a key symbol of the Hussites, is on a pedestal. The year 1415 refers to the martyrdom of Jan Hus. The text on the reverse, "Kdož Jste Boží bojovníci a zákonu jeho prosťež od Boha pomocí a doufejte v něho", is from the Hussite anthem, "Ye Who Are Warriors of God".
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