schöne Frau mit einem pfeil in den himmel schießen…
Ooh-la-la, or German words to that effect.
Its a Mercedes ad dated 1 January 1937, I’ve no idea what the caption or tag line was, ‘shoot for the stars in a Mercedes’ or some such maybe? My google translate title German is ‘woman shooting an arrow into the sky’. Reader, Don Andreina picks the Benz as perhaps a 380K with touring body, built from circa 1933..
Credit…
Print Collector
primotipo... 
I’d put it as a 380K, fold-down screen suggests a ‘Touring Car’ body from about 1933.
Good on you Don, I’ll drop that into the post, Mark
Might be worth waiting for some other input before adding that. I’m using Michael Frostick’s ‘The Mighty Mercedes’ as reference, and this could equally be a 320 or 500, although it’s worth noting that style of louvre seems to date it earlier than 1937.
Cheers Don, I’ve attributed a comment to you but will soften a little! M
Google translate says “beautiful woman with an arrow shooting into the sky …”
Yep Ken, I wrote it!, just after a ‘smartarse’ grab ya title! It’s a weird shot even in the context of the nutso Aryan bullshit ‘goin down there at the time! M
Trying to make comes.
Gordon LITTLEFORD ex
Repco
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Hi Gordon,
I missed this so long ago. What was your role at Repco?
Mark
The relationship between the arrow and Mercedes, the “Silverpfeil” (Silver Arrow) is clear.
Could it be a snapshot taken by Leni Riefenstahl, the 3rd Reich’s official photographer?
Thanks Jacky, that interpretation will do me! I spotted the shot trawling thru the Getty archives, the photographer is often not attributed, only the agency as here. It may be Leni, not sure. Many thanks, mark