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Description: | whole: A strip of red silk on to which a design is printed in black. At the top of the ribbon is a drawing encompassing a
line of hand-drawn text. Below this is a black frame culminating in a shield at the bottom. Within the frame there are five lines of hand-
written text and a line drawing. Below, the shield also contains hand-drawn type. Three more lines of centred, hand-drawn text are
positioned at the bottom of the design.
image:1. A head and shoulder portrait of General von Hoehm surrounded by a crest formed of a laurel wreath with two crossed canon barrels
below, bound with a ribbon from which two iron crosses are hanging. 2. A row of artillery guns firing into the air creating a cloud of
smoke.
text:'1914. General von Hoehm. Was wir taten, geschah für's Vaterland, geschah für unser und unserer Kinder und Kindeskinder Glück und
Dasein! v.H. Vivat St Mihiel 25. IX. Camp des Romains. J Martini. Zum Besten des Roten Kreuzes Verlag v. Amsler und Ruthardt. Berlin.
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Produced to mark victory at the Roman camp of St Mihael.
The earliest known examples of Vivat Bander date from the eighteenth century and were produced in Prussia and allied German States. They
remained popular into the 1870s and were revived in 1913 in Germany to commemorate an array of events and anniversaries. During the First
World War considerable numbers of Vivat Bander were produced in Germany and Austria-Hungary. Most of the examples in the extensive IWM
collection were printed for the German Red Cross and other War Charities to raise funds.
During the First World War Vivat Bander commemorate specific battles and events as well as celebrating German and Austro-Hungarian monarchs
and commanders. They usually comprise of alternating images and text often including portraits and using historical and allegorical
imagery. Printed on coloured silk they were popular collector’s items and survive in fairly large numbers. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | peace / victory celebrations German Red Cross Military Personnel German Army portrait / personification Charities commemorative Artillery Hoehn von (General) | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | German Red Cross | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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