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whole: the image occupies the majority, with the title separate and positioned across the top edge and the text separate
and positioned across the bottom, both in black. The subtitle is integrated and positioned lower centre, in black. All set against a white
background and held within a black border.
image: a memorial stone on which is carved a depiction of a stahlhelm and the dates August 1890 and October 1916 (Battle of
Verdun).
text: AUSSTELLUNG
GEB\D\11
AUG\1890
GEF\D\0[unreadable]
9\1916\[unreadable]\VERDUN
KRIEGER EHRUNGEN
BERLIN
PRINZ ALBRECHTSTR / 8
GEÖFFNET TÄGL / V / 10 - 3
BOBER
DRUCK: HOLLERBAUM UND SCHMIDT BERLIN.
[Exhibition. b. 11 AUG 1890 d. in action 0[unreadable] 9\1916\[unreadable] Verdun. War Honours. Berlin Prinz Albrechtstr. 8. Open daily
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Printing: Hollerbaum and Schmidt, Berlin.]
The Battle of Verdun was the most extended battle of the First World War. From February to December 1916, the French
defended the fortified town of Verdun against repeated German attacks. Although it was not strategically important, the French regarded
Verdun as vital to morale and national pride: it had been a French military base since Roman times, and was the last fortress to fall to
the Prussians in the Franco-Prussian War. During the course of the battle 259 of the French army's 330 infantry regiments had been
involved. French counter-attacks eventually pushed the Germans back to where they had started, and the Kaiser's new Chief of Staff, Paul
von Hindenburg, called off the attack. There were very heavy casualties on both sides, and it is estimated that between 250,000 and
500,000 men died at Verdun. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Death memorial Wilhelm II historical reference Hindenburg DE.O Charities Uniforms Advertising Exhibition Paul von Kaiser of Germany WW1 German Home Front | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hollerbaum und Schmidt, Berlin N65 | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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