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Description: | POSTER SURVEY 2002
whole: the five separate images occupy the majority, each held within a narrow black border. The title is separate and
positioned across the top edge, in black, set against a yellow background and held within a narrow black border. The text is positioned as
captions with each image, in black. All set against a grey background and held within a black border.
image: five separate images illustrating the economies of the Central Powers and the Entente nations. First image: piles of gold coins,
illustrating spending on national defense before the war. Second image: stacks of coins, illustrating the daily cost of the war. Third
image: sacks of wheat and rye, oats and barley, and potatoes, illustrating the size of harvests before the war. Fourth image: groups of
horses, cattle and pigs, illustrating the amount of livestock held before the war. Fifth image: blocks of coal and bars of pig iron,
illustrating coal and pig iron production before the war.
text: Anglo-Österreichische Bank
[text for first image follows] DIE VORBEREITUNG ZUM KRIEG
Ausgaben für Landesverteidigung
HEER UND MARINE 1905-1914
DEUTSCHLAND UND ÖSTERREICH-UNGARN
22½ Milliarden Kronen
ENGLAND, RUSZLAND, FRANKREICH, ITALIEN
50½ Milliarden Kronen
[text for second image follows] DIE TÄGLICHEN KRIEGSKOSTEN
ZENTRAL-MÄCHTE
145 Millionen Kronen
UNSERE FEINDE (ohne die Vereinigten Staaten)
295 Millionen Kronen
[text for third image follows] Getreideernten der Zentralmächte und ihrer Feinde vor dem Kriege
Weizen und Roggen
ÖSTERREICH-UNGARN, DEUTSCHLAND, BULGARIEN
265.4 Millionen Meterzentner
ENGLAND, FRANKREICH, ITALIEN
173.9 Millionen Meterzentner
Hafer und Gerste
205.0 Millionen Meterzentner
95.7 Millionen Meterzentner
Kartoffeln
631.1 Millionen Meterzentner
177.2 Millionen Meterzentner
[text for fourth image follows] VIEHBESTÄNDE der Zentralmächte und der Westmächte VOR dem KRIEGE
Pferde
Rinder
Schweine
ÖSTERREICH-UNGARN, DEUTSCHLAND, BULGARIEN
87.3 Millionen Stück
ENGLAND, FRANKREICH, ITALIEN
43.7 Millionen Stück
[text for fifth image follows] KOHLEN-und ROHEISEN-GEWINNUNG der Zentralmächte und ihrer Feinde VOR dem KRIEGE
KOHLE
ÖSTERREICH-UNGARN, DEUTSCHLAND
3082 Millionen Meterzentner
ENGLAND, FRANKREICH, ITALIEN, RUSZLAND
3409 Millionen Meterzentner
ROHEISEN
202 Millionen Meterztn.
185 Millionen Meterztn.
G. Freytag und Berndt, Wien.
[Anglo-Austrian Bank. [Text for first image follows] Preparation for war. Expenditure on national defence Army and Navy 1905-1914. Germany
and Austria-Hungary: 22½ billion kronen. England, Russia, France, Italy: 50½ billion kronen. [Text for second image follows] Daily war
costs. Central Powers: 145 million kronen. Our enemies (excluding the United States): 295 million kronen. [Text for third image follows]
Cereal harvests of the Central Powers and their enemies before the war. Wheat and rye. Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria: 265.4 million x
100 kilograms. England, France, Italy: 173.9 million x 100 kilograms. Oats and barley: 205 million x 100 kilograms. 95.7 million x 100
kilograms. Potatoes: 631.1 million x 100 kilograms. 177.2 million x 100 kilograms. [Text for fourth image follows] Livestock in the Central
Powers and the Western Powers before the war. Horses – cattle – pigs. Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria: 87.3 million head. England,
France, Italy: 43.7 million head. [Text for fifth image follows] Coal and pig iron extraction of the Central Powers and their enemies
before the war. Coal. Austria-Hungary, Germany: 3082 million x 100 kilograms. England, France, Italy, Russia: 3409 million x 100 kilograms.
Pig iron: 202 million x 100 kilograms. 185 million x 100 kilograms. G. Freytag and Berndt, Vienna.]
The same format was used, but with different statistics, on PST 6588. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | business / trading / markets AH.O Anglo-Österreichische Bank [Anglo-Austrian Bank] agriculture / food Propaganda Industry WW1 Austro-Hungarian Home Front | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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