Helft uns siegen! Zeichnet die Kriegsanleihe / Erler. – 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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Helft uns siegen! Zeichnet die Kriegsanleihe / Erler. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Helft uns siegen! Zeichnet die Kriegsanleihe / Erler.
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Helft uns siegen!" ("Help us win!") opens this 1917 color lithograph with a direct appeal to subscribe to the war loan, or Kriegsanleihe. Germany financed much of its First World War effort through a series of these loans, which asked ordinary citizens to lend money to the state in return for interest, and posters were a central tool for reaching small savers as well as wealthier investors. Signed by the artist Erler, the poster belongs to a wider body of German wartime propaganda that linked financial support at home to the soldiers fighting at the front. Its subject headings also name soldiers directly, showing how the appeal for money was framed as personal help for the men in the field.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 58 x 44 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. Soldiers--German--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,014 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1405_Helft_uns_siegen_Zeichn_1917 |
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