The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 loan in black gothic typeface. Karl Sigrist (1885-1986) was a German artist, born in Stuttgart. 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 creative as the war went on. Working within an established cultural context, German poster designers could rely on high levels of literacy in the public, and so posters usually incorporated a great deal of written information. Imperial emblems, chivalric imagery and gothic script were also used to allude to medieval German woodcuts and Teutonic paganism. Such images of German romanticism called to mind a culturally and ethnically superior Germany, stressing the historic mission of the German culture.
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
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
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
Public subscription to a series of nine war loans provided over 60% of Germany's war costs. This German First World War poster presents a blue silhouette of a surfacing U-Boat containing three crew me
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
Austrian artist Adolf Karpellus studied at the Vienna Academy. During the First World War he designed posters and postcards supporting the war effort. He was also one of the selectors for the art comp
