Vorsicht! Feind hort mit [Caution! The Enemy is listening]

German First World War poster, featuring a black and white drawing of a German Soldier using a telephone in a dugout, while perched above him an allied soldier listens in. The title printed in black, bottom centre, translates as the warning ' Caution! The Enemy is listening'. This leaflet was souveniered from the frontline by members of the 2 Battalion (A Coy) A.I.F and later donated to the collection. German poster design during the First World War was intended to be simple, graphic and visually arresting. In German posters, words and images were integrated and the essense of communication conveyed through powerful shapes and patterns. They often also extolled an overt nationalism, with the preference of the authorities being for wordy slogans which encouraged people to contribute to the war economy.