The war effort required a huge financial effort from the states. We often tend to forget this, as the human sacrifice or the destruction of war, is much more spectacular [ … ]
Category: War propaganda
Hands off!
Anti-Italian propaganda was particularly strong in the Monarchy. Perhaps one reason for this may have been that Italy was still an ally a few decades earlier. He withdrew from the [ … ]
U-Boot
The propaganda badges of the Austrian Navy Association show the flag of the Navy of the Monarchy above the letter U denoting submarines. The badge is made of several designs, [ … ]
Viribus Unitis!
With united forces! This was one of the slogans of Franz Joseph, which often appears in war propaganda materials. The catchword itself is much earlier, as the first member of [ … ]
Blessed Easter holidays!
I wish all readers jolly holidays with this nice Kutzer card and the badge “Ostern am Isonzo”. To my knowledge this is the only Easter holiday Kappenabzeichen. There are numerous [ … ]
“We must win!”
Hungary had election day yesterday. So I decided to pick a matching Kappenabzeichen. Since I did not want to make any propaganda for the participating parties, The badge titled „We [ … ]
The two rulers
The alliance of the Central Powers could be considered an alliance of the two emperors at the beginning of the Great War. Later, with the joining of Turkey and then [ … ]
Lions
The war propaganda often likened the warriors of the nation to the king of animals, the invincible lion. The image of the large maned male lion appears on propaganda media, [ … ]
National colors on the badges
A multitude of propaganda badges were created in the Monarchy to maintain war enthusiasm. Some of these have been issued by official bodies such as the Office of Military Assistance [ … ]