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Kriegsbilder-Ausstellung exhibition poster with helmeted soldier – Vintage Poster Wall Art

Kriegsbilder-Ausstellung exhibition poster with helmeted soldier, 1918 — vintage poster
Kriegsbilder-Ausstellung exhibition poster with helmeted soldier, 1918. Vintage poster from the World War I collection.

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A German-language exhibition poster from 1918 puts a helmeted soldier front and center, with the word "Kriegsbilder" (war pictures) announcing a show of images made about the war. Posters like this were a common way for wartime Germany to present the conflict to the home front, often mixing patriotic appeal with sober documentation. Its date places it in the final months of the war, when public morale was under strain and the government and press leaned heavily on images of the soldier as a symbol of endurance and duty.

Created / published1918
Original scan1,577 × 1,943 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi
Reference219_Kriegsbilderausstellung_1918

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