Asta Bidspirit | Austrian political caricature postcard ”Badeni's

Austrian political caricature postcard ”Badeni's Glück und Ende!” (Badeni's fortune and end): the fall of Austrian Prime Minister Count Kasimir Badeni and the language ordinances crisis, 1897. Published by Fritz Rasch, Cilli - ”Gruss aus” postcard with a detailed political caricature, ”Badeni's Glück und Ende!”, on the fall of the Austrian Prime Minister Count Kasimir Badeni in November 1897, following the language ordinances (Sprachenverordnungen) that required officials in Bohemia and Moravia to master Czech as well. Many captions in the drawing: ”Badeni komt”, ”Lernt Tschechisch”, ”Lernt Slovenisch”, ”Modernes Babel”, ”Sprachenverordnung”, ”10 Minuten-Pausen”, ”Interpellationen”, ”Namentliche Abstimmungen”, ”Ministeranklagen”, ”Geschäftsordnung”, ”§14”, ”70%”, ”30%” and more, depicting the obstruction battles in the Vienna parliament. Published by Kunstverlag Fritz Rasch, Cilli (today Celje, Slovenia). Undivided ”Postkarte” back, unused. Wear and stains at the margins.