[Woman carrying a red flag] / W.R.H. – Antique Wall Art
![[Woman carrying a red flag] / W.R.H., 1918 — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bf/bf93f29bc612-L.webp)
(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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This vintage poster of [Woman carrying a red flag] / W.R.H. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Woman carrying a red flag] / W.R.H.
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A woman holding a red flag is an unusual centerpiece for a German bond appeal, and the translated caption, which urges readers to "commit your gold" and calls subscribing to national defense a duty, shows how the message was framed. Germany ran a series of war loans to finance the fighting, and this 1918 lithograph carries the title "The Loan for Victory," placing it in the final push to sell bonds before the war ended. The record also ties the poster to the postwar period and to German elections, so the red flag may reflect the political unrest of those years as much as the wartime appeal itself.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 91 x 62 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: Commit your gold. Subscribe to the national defense. It is a duty. The Loan for Victory. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1920. Item is no. 20 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. AAR · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Aftermath--Germany. Political elections--Germany--1910-1920. Women--Germany--1910-1920. Flags--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,032 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 847_Woman_carrying_a_red_fl_1918 |
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