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German First World War poster promoting subscription to a War Loan. The image positioned in the upper two thirds is the head of Field Marshal Paul Ludwig Hans Anton (Paul) von Hindenburg (1847-1934). The text printed in black hand-written script is positioned in the lower third. It translates from the German as ' Anyone who subscribes to the war loan is giving me the supreme birthday present - von Hindenburg' . Both the image and text are set within a brown border. By 1917 Field Marshall Von Hindeberg was one of the most popular figures in Germany. His image was used to create a cult of personality which embodied honour, rectitude, decency and strength. During the First World War, wooden statues of Hindenberg were erected all over Germany so that people could nail money and cheques for war bonds to them. Hindenburg was a Prussian-German field marshal, statesman, and politician, who served as the second President of Germany from 1925 to 1934. The poster artist Louis Oppenheim (1879-1936) was also a German painter and lithographer (especially of advertising posters) and typographer. He went to London at the age of 20 to study and worked there as a caricaturist and advertising artist from 1899 until his return to Germany in 1906. He developed poster designs incorporating flat areas of colour in massive designs. This poster was part of a propoganda campaign to build up Hindenburg as a far greater figure than he was in reality. It was for the Seventh War Loan and is one of Oppenheim's most impressive designs.
German First World War poster promoting subscription to a War Loan. The image positioned in the upper two thirds is the head of Field Marshal Paul Ludwig Hans Anton (Paul) von Hindenburg (1847-1934).
German First World War poster issued by the Government to promote the 6th German War Loan. Designed by German painter Fritz Erler, it features a three quarter portrait of a German soldier, staring int
German First World War poster depicting an eagle's head (representing Imperial Germany) and a dove (symbolising peace) carrying an olive branch . The poster appeals for subscribers to the eighth war l
Public subscription to a series of nine war loans provided over 60% of Germany's war costs. Posters promoting war loans aimed to empower and mobilise the civilian public, and became more aesthetically
German First World War poster issued by the Government to promote the Sixth German War Loan. Designed by Fritz Erler (1868-1940) it features a three quarter portrait of a German soldier, staring into
While planning the next offensive, the German Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg becomes disturbed by images of himself hanging from a rope. During the First World War, von Hindenburg was one of the mo