Scharfschuumltzenkorps Prey. Nur ausgeschuchte Leute aller Waffen meldet Euch / L. Impekoven 1919. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Scharfschuumltzenkorps Prey. Nur ausgeschuchte Leute aller Waffen meldet Euch / L. Impekoven 1919.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Scharfschuumltzenkorps Prey. Nur ausgeschuchte Leute aller Waffen meldet Euch / L. Impekoven 1919.
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This 1919 color lithograph is a recruiting poster for the Scharfschützenkorps Prey, a sharpshooter unit whose name appears at the top of the design. Its text, roughly "Only carefully selected men of all arms, report to us," signals that the corps wanted skilled marksmen rather than ordinary conscripts. In 1919 Germany was demobilizing after the armistice, and many veterans and young men were drawn into volunteer Freikorps units, which recruited through posters like this one amid political unrest and uncertainty over the country's borders. The poster is a useful record of how these paramilitary groups sought men in the immediate postwar period.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 95 x 64 cm. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Aftermath--Germany. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Germany. Military organizations--German--1910-1920. Soldiers--German--1910-1920. Sharpshooting--Germany--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,003 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1632_Scharfschuumltzenkorps_1919 |
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