Der Hias ein feldgraues – Historic Reproduction
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A window into the past: Der Hias ein feldgraues, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Der Hias ein feldgraues
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Der Hias" is a Bavarian nickname, a folksy short form of Matthias, and here it names an everyday German soldier in the field-gray uniform that the imperial army had adopted in place of the bright colors of earlier years. The title's mix of dialect and standard German points to an audience at home, where such images of the ordinary Bavarian fighting man circulated as humorous or sentimental postcards and prints. By 1917 the war had dragged on for three years, and pictures like this one helped families and civilians picture the men at the front. The record gives no maker, so the image is best read as a window onto wartime popular culture rather than a document of a specific event.
| Created / published | 1917 |
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| Original scan | 4,034 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1312_Der_Hias_ein_feldgraues_1917 |
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