Bulgaria Babe Ruth is not as Eastern European as I thought
Sometimes you figure out something that you feel the need to pass along. For years I have assumed, like probably some of us, that the 1932 Bulgaria Sport Babe Ruth card was issued in Bulgaria. I always found that dang odd...Bulgaria is not known (as far as I know) for producing sports cards. Looking closer at the back recently I noted that although these cards were issued by Bulgaria Zigarettan, the city named on the card is Dresden (Germany).
Not only that, but the card also features German boxing legend Max Schmeling, and to top it off the write-up appears to be German. I do not ever remembering reading a description of these cards indicating that they are actually from Germany.
Just thought I would pass this tidbit along, in case you have previously avoided this card due to unpleasant encounters involving unibrow sporting Bulgarians in the past.
Brian (card nor unibrow Bulgarian opinion are necessarily mine)
Last edited by brianp-beme; 03-22-2017 at 01:30 PM.
Reason: pumped up card image sizes
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