Auch du sollst beitreten zur Reichswehr ... / J.U. Engelhard, '19. – 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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A window into the past: Auch du sollst beitreten zur Reichswehr ... / J.U. Engelhard, '19., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Auch du sollst beitreten zur Reichswehr ... / J.U. Engelhard, '19.
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Few recruiting posters from the immediate postwar years speak to the viewer as directly as this one. Its German title, *Auch du sollst beitreten zur Reichswehr*, translates roughly as "You too should join the Reichswehr." Credited to J.U. Engelhard and printed in Munich in 1919 by the Oscar Consée lithography firm, this large color sheet, about 115 by 90 centimeters, was made for public display. The Reichswehr was the army of the new Weimar Republic, formed after the armistice and limited by the Treaty of Versailles to 100,000 men, so the poster reflects a government rebuilding its forces amid defeat and political unrest.
| Created / published | München : Oscar Consée Kunstanstalt, 1919. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 115 x 90 cm. |
| Genre | War posters German 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Aftermath--Germany. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Germany. Soldiers--German--1910-1920. Military organizations--German--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,010 × 3,906 px · prints to 10 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224743 |
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