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Post by Fallschirmjager ! »

Can someone kindly translate the written notes on the back of this photograph from my collection?

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And the front:
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Many thanks,

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Post by Hiltraut Tieden »

This is what I could decipher.
The photo in the front did not help to understand the text, though.
Hiltraut
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Ein schönes Mädel
ein schönes Pferd
ist alle Tage das
Neiden* wert.
Gezeichnet Alois
Hinterstößer

*it also could read "Reiten" ( which would translate to "ride" )
but is missing the "t" in the middle (there is a "d" instead);
so it could be "Neiden" ( wich would translade to "envy" )


A beautiful girl
a beautiful horse
is worth envy
everyday

signed Alois
Hinterstößer
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Hiltraut,

Thank you very much for taking the time to do that. Alas we'll never know the exact phrase but now i get a better idea. Thanks again :up:

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Re: Photo Translation

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It is "reiten" (to ride) allright.
Ein schönes Mädel
ein schönes Pferd
ist alle Tage das
reiten wert.
Gezeichnet Alois
Hinterstößer
"Reiten" in this context is, of cause, a pun with a sexual underlying meaning (they probably were intimate frineds or going to be):

A beautiful girl,
(as) A nice horse
is worth a ride everyday.

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Re: Photo Translation

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What a naughty boy :D
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