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Color poster of a uniformed soldier with a rifle and cigarette, with stylized title lettering above, by Ludwig Hohlwein, 1915

Bulgaren-Held; Zigarettenfabrik Menes, Wiesbaden

Ludwig Hohlwein, 1915

WWI recruitment poster: woman in red cap gestures toward a burning cathedral, with French text for the 178th Canadian battali

Attendrons-nous que les nôtres brûlent? Enrôlons-nous et tout de suite dans le 178ième Bataillon Canadien Français

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster with a tree bearing coats of arms of Oppeln, Breslau and Liegnitz, above blackletter text about Silesian unity.

Ober-Schlesien, Mittel-Schlesien, Nieder-Schlesien, Deutschland ist unsere gemeinsame Muttererde ..

Adolf Franz Theodor Münzer, 1920

Poster with a yellow globe struck by flaming red comets and a grey sword, advertising Der grosse Krieg by Hanns von Zobeltitz

Der grosse Krieg, [von] Hanns von Zobeltitz, mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Karten ..

Ludwig Hohlwein, 1916

Wartime recruitment poster showing a silhouetted soldier charging with a bayonet, with the text 'Why aren't YOU?'

Your chums are fighting -- why aren't you?

Unknown artist, 1917

Poster with a decorated fir tree and lit candles before a red cross, with German text urging donations for soldiers, 1917.

Weinachten im Feld! 1917. Spendet Geld und Liebesgaben für unsere Krieger!

Adolf Franz Theodor Münzer, 1917

Poster of a toddler gripping a pole with a red flag, with German slogan text about freedom and starving children.

Erwürgt nicht die junge Freiheit durch Unordnung und Brudermord; sonst verhungern Eure Kinder

Max Pechstein, 1919

WWI recruitment poster with crossed Union Jack and Red Ensign flags and text urging men aged 18-50 to fight for the King.

If you were a German aged 18-50 you would be fighting for the Kaiser! What are you doing for the King!

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster with a dark fir tree lit by candles in front of a red cross, with German text urging gifts for soldiers at Christmas 1

Weihnachten im Feld! 1914. Spendet Liebesgaben für unsere Krieger!

Adolf Franz Theodor Münzer, 1914

Poster of a bearded drummer in a feathered cap with raised sticks, with bold German recruitment text above and below.

Freischar Loeschebrand, der Garde Kavallerie Schützen Division. Offiziere, Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften aller Waff…

Helmuth Stockmann, 1919

Wartime poster showing a submarine behind a sailor holding a Red Cross nurse in the sea, with text urging Victory Bonds.

Victory Bonds will help stop this. Kulture vs. humanity

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster with blackletter text above a circular drawing of a seated soldier warming his hands at a stove.

Spende für bayerische Soldatenheime

Franz von Stuck, 1914

Poster of green nettle leaves in a wreath around a beer stein on blue and white diamond background, with blackletter text.

Sammelt Brennesseln, die deutsche Baumwolle!

Fritz Wolffhügel, 1918

Canadian WWI recruitment poster with crossed Union Jack and Red Ensign flags, listing enlistment facts and urging men to enli

Facts for Canadians who enlist for overseas service. ... Kitchener wants more Canadians! Enlist now!

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster of a uniformed soldier carrying a shovel and pickaxe, with moored boats behind him and German text below.

Pioniere heraus! G.Kav.Schützen Div

Lucian Zabel, 1918

Yellow political poster showing a striding worker with a sack over his shoulder, sunburst behind him, with German slogan text

Freiheit, Friede, Arbeit. Wählt die Deutsche Volkspartei in Bayern

Valentin Zietara, 1919

Vintage 1915 recruitment poster with a Union Jack and bold red and blue text urging men to enlist now.

You said you would go when you were needed. You are needed NOW!

Unknown artist, 1915

Wartime poster of a Polish soldier in a helmet charging with a bayoneted rifle, red flag with white eagle behind him.

Polish Army in France

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1917

Poster of a worker with a sledgehammer shaking hands with a soldier holding a rifle, with a slogan about the future.

The past is behind us, the future is ahead. Let us all strive to make the future better and brighter than the past ev…

Gerrit A. Beneker, 1918

Red and cream recruitment poster listing overseas service pay scales, separation allowances, and how to enlist in Montreal.

Overseas service scale of pay [and] How to enlist

Unknown artist, 1915

Sepia charcoal portrait of a woman in a headscarf with hands at her chest, above the poster text 'Give or we perish'.

Give or we perish American Committee for Relief in the Near East--Armenia-Greece-Syria-Persia--Campaign for $30,000,0…

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1919

Wartime poster of a woman stirring a bowl beside cornmeal boxes, with the slogan 'she is doing her part to help win the war'.

She is doing her part to help win the war

Howard Chandler Christy, 1918

Canadian WWI recruitment poster posing four questions to unenlisted men, ending with the call to enlist today.

4 questions to men who have not enlisted. ... Enlist to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Charcoal poster of a plumed armored horseman on a white horse with a lance, under an eagle, with Polish and English text belo

Following the paths of our fathers in the ranks of the Polish army for motherland and freedom

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1917

Poster titled Patriotic League showing a smiling woman in a white blouse holding a billowing American flag, with a blue trian

Patriotic League

Howard Chandler Christy, 1918

WWI Canadian poster: soldier with pistol and tin cups, prisoners with raised hands, slogan 'We licked them at the front, you

Thrift stamps. We licked them at the front, you lick them at the back

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster of a woman knitting in a chair beside a red cross, with the text 'You can help, American Red Cross' below.

You can help--American Red Cross

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1918

Poster of a woman in a nurse's cap with a red cross holding an American flag, with the words The Spirit of America and JOIN.

The spirit of America--Join

Howard Chandler Christy, 1919

Poster of a reclining man with a newspaper, a thought bubble showing a soldier in battle, and the slogan 'Why Don't I Go?' on

Why don't I go? The 148th Battalion needs me

Unknown artist, 1915

Charcoal portrait of a young woman above a poster slogan urging support for the country's girlhood and the Y.W.C.A.

Stand by the country's girlhood--The Y.W.C.A. acts for you

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1918