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Category: War propaganda
Durchhalten!
In English, “Resistance!” was the call in the winter of 1914/15, when the Russian offensive in the Carpathians was halted with great difficulty. This military success meant a loss of [ … ]
Prosit 2024
I wish all readers lots of health, success and joy for the coming year! Peace and tolerance in the World!
The guards
Wacht am Rhein, Wacht an der Donau. This can be read in a small verse in the text of the German edition of the correspondence card attached to the post. [ … ]
Blessed Christmas to the readers!
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Kaiserportraits
Franz Joseph I and Wilhelm II founded the permanent alliance of the Central Powers in the Great War. Although Wilhelm was related to almost every major European royal family, of [ … ]
Treubund
Wartime propaganda material, whether in terms of badges or postcards, is an almost inexhaustibly rich collection area. Throughout the Great War, German friendship was of particular importance. Not only because [ … ]
Weiss Manfred Works
During the Great War, most industrial companies operated as war plants. The army was the customer for many industrial products. Some military factories also had badges. Some of these were [ … ]
Picnic on the front
Some of the commanders visited the front. However, visits above a level were nothing more than wartime picnics. The visitor did not go to the trenches, but observed the frontline [ … ]
HIR 1
Among the honvéd infantry regiments, the 1st of Budapest received a lot of attention during the Great War. One manifestation of this was that the regiment took the name of [ … ]