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Achte Kriegsanleihe [Eighth War Loan]
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Maker: Bernhard, Lucian Watervliet Arsenal
German First World War poster asking people to subscribe to the Eighth War Loan to hasten peace. The poster is printed in 'Fraktur' script, which is the old Germanic alphabet. German poster design dur...ARTV05959
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Alexander von Kluck
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Maker: Kraus, A Gladenbeck & Sohn
A sculpture of the German General, Alexander Heinrich Rudolph von Kluck (1846-1934), dressed in military uniform , resting on his sword. During the First World War, von Kluck commanded the German Fir...ART09209
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Alone with his God
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Depicts the figure of a bareheaded Kaiser Wilhelm II kneeling at foot of steps before God, who is a larger version of the Emperor himself. Beside the Kaiser incense rises from a bowl containing the re...ART19896
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[Alten-Grabow prisoner of war camp]
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Maker: Greidenborg, Victor
Depicts a number of buildings, prisoners and a fenced area at Alten-Grabow prisoner of war camp, Germany, during the First World War. The painting was originally donated to the War Memorial in Decembe...ART92193
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Aluminium kupfer messing nickel zinn: Ist genug im lande. Gebt es heraus - Das heer braucht es
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Maker: Oppenheim, Louis [BERLIN : S.N., N.D.] (BERLIN : WEYLANDT)
German First World War poster depicting a man holding a sack of metal objects, with additional metal objects on the floor beside him. The poster states that all aluminium, copper and other metals are ...ARTV06642
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Another scrap of paper
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Depicts the figure of the god of war, Mars, standing astride a canon and tearing up a piece of paper, a deed, on which is written ; 'I, Mars, God of War, hereby do promise To Germany Kingship over all...ART02424
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Are you helping your oversea pals in the final knockout?
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Maker: Holland, A Pretoria: South African Government Printer
South African First World War poster depicting a South African Brigade officer standing over a German infantryman. The infantryman cowers below the officer, who holds a smoking revolver in his right h...ARTV00097
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Armierungssoldat - Sapper
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Maker: Heckel, Erich Paul Cassirer, Berlin
Depicts a head and shoulder portrait of a German soldier. Another soldier views the scene from behind. The print was published by Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1920. The work's black and white contrasts and ...ART19837
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A short account of facts from German official war-news: September 1914
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Maker: Unknown von Puttkamer Broschek & Co.
First World War poster outlining German war news for September 1914. The text refers to numerous battles, and paints German military activity in a victorious light. This is a text-based poster, and ha...ARTV08326
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Back Him Up : Buy War Bonds
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Maker: Brangwyn, Frank [LONDON : S.N., N.D.] (LONDON : AVENUE PRESS)
British First World War war poster depicting a British soldier stabbing a German soldier with a bayonet while many other soldiers attack in the background. Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) was not an offici...ARTV07419
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Bekanntmachung [Announcement]
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Maker: Unknown Rand & Bartmann
German First World War poster. Text only it consists of two notices printed side by side in black ink on a red background. The notices issued in 1918 under the order of Alexander von Linsingen, Comman...ARTV06218
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Bolschewismus heisst die Welt im Blut ersaufen [Bolshevism means the world will drown in blood]
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Maker: Safis, Johannes Unknown Unknown
German anti-Bolshevik propaganda poster depicting a Russian wolf standing over a figure submerged in a pool of blood. In translation the poster states: 'Bolshevism means the world will drown in blood'...ARTV09316
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Cold-blooded murder!
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Roberts & Leete
British First World War recruitment poster. The poster explains the atrocity in the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine. The Lusitania was a luxury ocean liner, and 1,198 of the 1,959 peopl...ARTV03931
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[Conditions of treaty: Germany accepts League of Nations]
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Maker: Unknown Unknown
Poster in Urdu announding the conditions of the Versailles Treaty. This was presumably produced for inhabitants of the northern parts of India (now Pakistan). This poster is text-based only, and con...ARTV00598
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Das Gold dem Vaterland ...
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Maker: Bernhard, Lucian [BERLIN : S.N., N.D.] (BERLIN : HOLLERBAUM & SCHMIDT)
German First World War poster asking people to give gold for defence of the Fatherland. The poster depicts a woman holding out a golden pendent with her left hand and a jewellery box under her right a...ARTV07320
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Defeat the Kaiser and his U-boats...waste nothing
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Maker: Steele United States Food Administration Unknown
United States First World War poster issued by the United States Food Administration. It features a portrait of a sinister looking Kaiser Wilhelm in the upper right. He is looking out towards the ocea...ARTV00831
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Der feind : hort mit! vorsicht am fernsprecher [The enemy listens too! Careful on the phone!]
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Maker: Weber, E Unknown Unknown
German First World War poster warning soldiers to be vigilant while on the telephone as the enemy could be listening. In the upper two thirds it features a depiction of a Scottish infantryman, sitting...ARTV06679
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Der wutschrei [The cry of rage]
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Maker: Sigrist, Karl Emil Hochdanz
Public subscription to a series of nine war loans provided over 60% of Germany's war costs. Posters promoting war loans aimed to empower and mobilise the civilian public, and became more aesthetically...ARTV10345
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Deutsche Verwundeten Kunst [Art by Wounded German Soldiers]
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Maker: Baslin
Germany First World War poster promoting a musical recital by wounded German soldiers given at Kaiser Wilhem Academy's festival hall in Berlin. While the poster's title refers to 'kunst', which while ...ARTV05111
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Die Beste Sparkasse - Kriegsanleihe! [The Best Savings Bank - War Loan!]
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Maker: Oppenheim, Louis [BERLIN : S.N., N.D.] (BERLIN : KUNSTANSTALT WEYLANDT)
German First World War poster promoting War Loan savings. In the upper two thirds it features an image of a hand holding an inverted German stahlhelm (helmet) catching falling bank notes. The title tr...ARTV07324
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Die Beste Sparkasse - Kriegsanleihe! [The Best Savings Bank - War Loan!]
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Maker: Oppenheim, Louis Unknown Kunstanstalt Weylandt
German First World War poster promoting War Loan savings. In the upper two thirds it features an image of a hand holding an inverted German stahlhelm (helmet) catching falling bank notes. The title tr...ARTV06266
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Die II. Kompanie wird heute Nacht abgelost [Second Company will be relieved tonight]
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Maker: Dix, Otto Felsing, Otto
This is plate 20 from the series 'Der Krieg (The War)' published by Karl Nierendorf in 1924 and printed by Otto Felsing. The series consists of fifty images assembled in five consecutive portfolios of...ART50210
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Don't let up keep on saving food
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Maker: Mora, Francis Luis United States Food Administration Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co.
First World War poster depicts a ragged American soldier standing defiantly, fists clenched over a German soldier, who has presumably been knocked down by the American. The artist uses the two colour ...ARTV00292
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Dutch prisoner of war
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Maker: Unknown
Depicts a Dutch prisoner of war dressed in a Russian fur cap, long coat, pantaloons and clogs. The painting was originally donated to the War Memorial in December 1947 by Mr. Robert Emil Luks. R.E.Luk...ART92187
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Dynamite diplomatists
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Depicts the figures of two German men; one is standing and crying, while the other is seated at a desk, writing in a ledger book. The text accompanying this cartoon, when it was published in the 'Dail...ART02415
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El Aleman en su pais y el Aleman en el extranjero [The German in his own country and abroad]
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Maker: Unknown Unknown
A Spanish First World War poster critiquing the Germans in their own country and overseas. Spain remained neutral during the war, but supplied both sides with materials throughout, which lead to the c...ARTV00104
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Essenholen bei Pilkem [Ration carriers near Pilkem]
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Maker: Dix, Otto Nierendorf, Karl Felsing, Otto
This image is plate 43 from the portfolio of 50 etchings comprising the series 'Der Krieg (The War)', published by Karl Nierendorf, Berlin and printed by Otto Felsing. This scene is near Pilkem Ridge ...ART50286
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Figure fighting, interior
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Maker: Winzer, Charles
Depict two men fighting while a group of men watch them to the right. In September 1914, about forty British "suspects" are transferred from Berlin to the racecourse at Ruhleben. They are the first i...ART19340
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Figures and cart
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Maker: Winzer, Charles
Depicts a female figure standing by a cart surrounded by a group of men. Lieutenant Charles Winzer was a POW at Ruhleben (racecourse) Berlin 1914-18 period. In September 1914, about forty British "sus...ART19332
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Figures and landscape
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Maker: Winzer, Charles
Depicts a landscape scene of a house with a group of men marching on the road and birds in the sky. Lieutenant Charles Winzer was a POW at Ruhleben (racecourse) Berlin 1914-18 period. In September 19...ART19337
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Figures behind wire
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Maker: Winzer, Charles
Depicts a young man standing behind wire fence with a group of men behind him. Lieutenant Charles Winzer was a POW at Ruhleben (racecourse) Berlin 1914-18 period. In September 1914, about forty Britis...ART19343
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Figures, camp scene
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Maker: Winzer, Charles
Depicts a camp scene with tents and soldiers. Lieutenant Charles Winzer was a POW at Ruhleben (racecourse) Berlin 1914-18 period. In September 1914, about forty British "suspects" are transferred from...ART19331
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Figures, interior
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Maker: Winzer, Charles
Depicts figures and cart in a courtyard - viewed through an archway. Lieutenant Charles Winzer was a POW at Ruhleben (racecourse) Berlin 1914-18 period. In September 1914, about forty British "suspect...ART19333
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Figures marching
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Maker: Winzer, Charles
Depicts a group of men marching up a low hill. Lieutenant Charles Winzer was a POW at Ruhleben (racecourse) Berlin 1914-18 period. In September 1914, about forty British "suspects" are transferred fro...ART19342
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Figures outside building
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Maker: Winzer, Charles
Depicts three men standing outside a doorway. They are wearing coats and hats and holding small buckets. Lieutenant Charles Winzer was a POW at Ruhleben (racecourse) Berlin 1914-18 period. In Septemb...ART19341
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Figures, Pantomine
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Maker: Winzer, Charles
Depicts a pantomine of a seated young women reading a book on the left, while a dark, shadowy figure appears to the right of the stage. Lieutenant Charles Winzer was a POW at Ruhleben (racecourse) Ber...ART19338
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Figures, 2 removing another under force
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Maker: Winzer, Charles
Depicts two men removing another under force, while a group of sitting men look on. Lieutenant Charles Winzer was a POW at Ruhleben (racecourse) Berlin 1914-18 period. The National Archives in London...ART19336
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Figures writing, interior
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Maker: Winzer, Charles
Depicts reclining figures in an interior. Some are writing whole others read books. Lieutenant Charles Winzer was a POW at Ruhleben (racecourse) Berlin 1914-18 period. In September 1914, about forty ...ART19335
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German Judge and Jury
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Depicts an elderly judge, wearing his robes and wig, with the German eagle resting on his head, holding a piece of crumpled paper in his hand. Opposite him is a German officer, in uniform, wearing a h...ART02289
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German pathos
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Depicts a forlorn looking Kaiser Wilhelm II, wearing formal attire and a hat, crying and clasping hands with a hairy, two horned beast. The cartoon was published in the 'Daily Sketch', London, 10 Apri...ART02241
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Germany's Battle Cry is "Germany Over All"
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Maker: Unknown Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Howard & Jones Ltd.
British recruiting poster produced early in the war by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. The poster challenges Germany's policy of the annexation of Belgium, and the German propaganda line, whi...ARTV00413
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Great Victory of the German Troops Over the Italians
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Maker: German Army Unknown
Example of German propaganda dropped from a balloon over Messines on 5 December 1917. It is a leaflet printed in black ink. The title ' Great Victory of the German Troops over the Italians' is positio...ARTV05290
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Halt the Hun!
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Maker: Raleigh, Henry P. United States Government Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co.
Depicts United States infantry soldier preventing a German from killing a woman and her child. The U.S. soldier's left hand is resting on a rifle that is pointing down to the ground. His right arm is ...ARTV04074
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Hell's honour board
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Maker: Cross, Stan
The devil sits in a chair and reads a newspaper with the headline "Hospital Ship Torpedoed", and excitedly exclaims that he will add this action to "Hell's Honour Board" which is hanging from the wall...ART19734
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Herr Frightfulness, recruiting Sergeant (also called Five Million Volunteers)
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Depicts a caricature of two men (one possibly the British Prime Minister, or a thin and fat German man walking) standing above a landscape with thousands of young men below heading towards the recruit...ART02234
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Hier wird Kriegsanleihe Gezeichnet
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Maker: Bernhard, Lucian [S.L. : S.N., N.D.] (KARLSRUHE : A BRAUN & CO.)
German First World War poster related to savings. The title of the poster translates into English as; 'You can subscribe here to the war loan'. German poster design during the First World War was int...ARTV00861
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How long will the galley slaves stand it?
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Maker: Cross, Stan
Slave workers, representing the German people, on the pirate ship "Junkerdom" (named for the German aircraft company that produced aeroplanes during the war) are whipped by "Militarism". While several...ART19738
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IL Calamaro o "pesce diavolo" Prussiano... [The Prussian Octopus or " devil fish " ]
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Maker: Unknown Unknown Unknown
A First World War propaganda poster which comments on declarations by the German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg about the non aggressive ambitions of the German Empire. The image which fills...ARTV05516
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[Interior of hut, Alten-Grabow prisoner of war camp]
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Maker: Greidenborg, Victor
Depicts the interior of a hut or wooden building at the Alten-Grabow prisoner of war camp, with storage cans resting on a wooden bench below the building's window. The painting was originally donated ...ART92194
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Internal trouble
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Maker: Cross, Stan
An ugly barbarous figure wearing a German spiked helmet (Pickelhaube) and representing the Central Powers, sits at an elegant dinner table. He is clearly in pain and clutching his stomach. From the fe...ART19726