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Description: | Concept: propaganda, caricature, cartoons, animals, humorous, military personnel, military suffering, shipping, toys, uniform, weapons, satirical, aircraft, royalty, racial stereotypes, politicians, portrait / personification, artillery Description: whole: the 15 images occupy the majority, each held within a narrow black border. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in red outlined black gothic script. The text is separate and positioned beneath each image. All set against a white background. image: the first image is a depiction of a caricature of Viscount Grey riding on a duck's back. The second image is a depiction of a French, a British and a Russian soldier impaled on a lance held by a laughing German soldier. The third image is a depiction of two artillery shells landing near a German soldier who stands with his sword drawn. The fourth imageis a depiction of a man in a dinner jacket pulling out the lining of his pockets to show that he has no money. A roulette wheel and playing cards are in the background. The fifth image is a depiction of a British Sergeant and two badly dressed and unfit looking recruits. Sixth image is a depiction of a candle, inscribed with the face of Marshal Joffre, melting. The seventh image is a depiction of a Russian dressed in rags and shouting. The last eight images are based on fairground rides and games, adapted to satirise the Entente powers, dreamt about by the German soldier depicted in the eleventh image. The eighth image is a depiction of a fairground ride, with German airships dropping bombs on caricatures of English, French and Russian faces. The ninth image is a depiction of two groups of German soldiers chasing a French soldier and a Russian soldier. The tenth image is a depiction of two sets of stairs, marked 'Revolution' and 'War'. A bomb is positioned on the 'Revolution' stairs, at the top of which stands Tsar Nicolas II. The eleventh image is a depiction of a wounded German soldier asleep in bed. The twelfth image is a depiction of a Senegalese soldier, and a chimpanzee dressed as a Senegalese soldier, in a cage. The thirteenth image is a depiction of French President Raymond Poincaré on a water slide. The fourteenth image is a depiction of British warships exploding amidst a fireworks display. The fifteenth image is a depiction of a fairground ride on which caricatures of Entente soldiers are struck by a German iron fist. text: Nr.1. 1914. Der deutsche Kriegsbilderbogen [first image] H.R Grey Weltmeisterschafts-Lügner bist du schon; Nun wirst du bald Ritter der E___nten-Legion! [second image] H. REWALD Damned Germans... Pruss! Pruss! A Berlin! A Berlin! Ihr habt den 'spitzen Jungen'-Koller, Doch unsere Spitzen sind wirkungsvoller! [third image] Dum Dum Ihr Schufte, ihr Heuchler, ihr kommt uns Dum-Dum; Wir sind doch klüger, Kluck-Kluck haut Euch krumm! [fourth image] H.R Monaco lassen wir ungeschoren, Dort haben noch alle Völker 'verloren' __ __ ! [fifth image] Das englische Söldner-Heer macht uns Spass, Es hat kein preussisches Garde-Mass [sixth image] O Joffre, glüht auch dein Licht nicht mehr, Heimleuchtet dir schon das deutsche Heer __ !! [seventh image] H.R Der Russe in Röten verspricht Land und Gunst - Nichts haben und schenken ist russische Kunst! Der Landwehrmann Krause, verwundet im Bett, - - Träumt heiter im Lunapark-Lazarett: [eighth image] Zeppelin Hurra! Das Zeppelin-Karussell Propellert dahin elegant und schnell' Vor Mut und Grausen die Feinde toben, O Gott, welch Segen kommt da von oben __ ! [ninth image] Das ist die Berg- und Talbahn, die jetzt Mit siegreichen deutschen Truppen besetzt: __ __ __ Kaum schlagen im Westen sie den Franzos Schon haun sie im Osten auf Russland los! [tenth image] Revolution Krieg Der Nikolajewitsch denkt: Es ist klar, Auf die Wackeltreppe gehört der Zar, Dann bricht er in Östreich und Deutschland ein Und ausserdem selber Hals und Bein __ __ ! [twelfth image] Völkerschau: Die Hilfsvölker Frankreichs kann man genau Beobachten auf dieser Völkerschau: Zuaven und Turkos sieht mau dort tanzen, Senegalesen und Schimpanzen! [thirteenth image] GLOIRE O Wasser-Rutschbahn, o stolze Höh'! Es rutscht und pladdert Poincaré, Voll Mut drang er rückwärts bis nach Bordeaux In 'Wein'-Laune war er schon sowieso __ . [fourteenth image] Ein Monstre-Feuerwerk wird verpufft, Manch englischer Kreuzer fliegt flott in die Luft, Solche 'Luft-Flotte' Englands ist Michels Ziel, Er macht gute 'Mine' zum bösen Spiel! [fifteenth image] H. REWALD Die Welt in Waffen! Das Teufelsrad saust! In der Mitte die eiserne deutsche Faust! Die schlägt unsere Feinde kurz und klein, Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein! H.R. Bilderbogen - Verlag und Expedition: Berlin, Potsdamer Strasse 118A [No.1. 1914. The German Illustrated War Sheet. [first image] H.R Grey. You are already world championship liar; now you will soon be Knight of the E___nten [pun: Entente / Ente = duck] Legion! [second image] Damned Germans... Pruss! Pruss! A Berlin! A Berlin! You have the 'sharp youth'-Koller, but our sharp points are more effective! [third image] Dum Dum [pun: Dumm=stupid]. You blackguards, you hypocrites, you come to us. Dum-Dum; But we are cleverer, Kluck-Kluck beat yourselves crooked! [fourth image] Monaco we leave unscathed, there all nations have 'lost'! [fifth image] The English mercenary army amuses us, it has no minimum height requirement as do the Prussian Guards. [sixth image] Oh Joffre, does your light glow no more, is the German army giving you a piece of its mind? [untranslatable pun]! [seventh image] The Russian in red promises land and favours. To have and give nothing is the Russian art! The Home Guard soldier Krause, wounded in bed, dreams merrily in the amusement park hospital. [eighth image] Zeppelin Hurrah! The Zeppelin-carousel propels away elegant and fast. The enemies go wild with courage and horror, Oh God, what blessing comes here from above! [ninth image] This is the rollercoaster, that now with victorious German troops is full. As soon as in the West they beat the French they already hit away at Russia in the East! [tenth image] Revolution. War. Nikolaievich thinks: 'It is clear, the Tsar belongs on the rickety stairs, then he breaks into Austria and Germany and also his own neck and leg!' [twelfth image] Show of nations: France's auxiliary nations can be observed closely at this show of nations: You can see Suaves and Turks dancing there, Senegalese and chimpanzees! [thirteenth image] Glory. Oh water slide, oh proud height! Poincaré slides and comes down wet, full of courage he penetrated backwards all the way to Bordeaux. He was already in a mood for 'whine' anyway. [fourteenth image] A monster firework goes pop, many an English cruiser flies fleetingly in the air, such an 'air-fleet' of England is what Michel aims for, he puts a good 'face' [pun: mien/mine] on a bad game! [fifteenth image] The world in arms! The devil's wheel whizzes around! At the centre the German iron fist! It smashes our enemies to pieces. Love the fatherland and may you be at peace! Illustrated sheet - publication and dispatch: Berlin [address].] Object: lance, artillery shell, sword, roulette wheel, playing card, candle, helmet, fairground ride, airship, warship, bomb | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Rewald, H Publisher/Sponsor: Der Deutsche Kriegsbilderbogen [The German War Illustrated Sheet] Associated Person: Grey, Edward (Viscount) Associated Person: Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia Associated Person: Joffre, Joseph J C (Marshal) Associated Person: Poincaré, Raymond N L | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=2765... | Go to resource |
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