Gold gab ich zur Wehr Eisen nahm ich zur Ehr ... / Gipkens nach Hosaeus. – Antique Print
(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 Gold gab ich zur Wehr Eisen nahm ich zur Ehr ... / Gipkens nach Hosaeus.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Gold gab ich zur Wehr Eisen nahm ich zur Ehr ... / Gipkens nach Hosaeus.
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Printed in 1916, this black-and-gold lithograph uses the German slogan "Gold gab ich zur Wehr, Eisen nahm ich zur Ehr" ("I gave gold for defense, I took iron for honor"), which points to the wartime exchange in which citizens surrendered gold and received plain iron jewelry in return. The silhouette style, which the subject headings also note, was a popular graphic idiom of the period, lending the appeal a stark, emblematic quality. The poster was designed by Gipkens after Hosaeus, and it reflects how the German home front was asked to finance the war through both bonds and personal sacrifice.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph black & gold ; 71 x 95 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--Economic & industrial aspects--Germany. War bonds & funds--Germany--1910-1920. Silhouettes--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,062 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1390_Gold_gab_ich_zur_Wehr_E_1916 |
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