Europe
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Liberation Loan (French poster, 1918)
Text: Liberation Loan. Year: 1918. Publisher: NA. Artist: Jules Abel Faivre. Additional information: Design shows the defeated Kaiser, his sword broken, kneeling with the flags of the the Allied nations massed behind him. Produced to promote the fourth ‘Liberation Loan’ (National Defence Loan). Flags visible include those of Portugal, Russia, Italy, Britain, France, USA, Belgium,…
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O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree… (Soviet Christmas leaflet, 1941)
Text: ‘O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree…’ Year: 1941. Publisher: NA. Artist: NA. Additional information: Soviet “Christmas card” from the Second World War depicting a dead German soldier lying beneath a Christmas tree on the Eastern Front. Dropped over German positions ahead of Christmas. Reverse text urges German soldiers to end the war and blames…
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Boomerang (Russian emigre cartoon, 1951)
Text: Boomerang. Year: 1951. Publisher: Satirikon. Artist: N. Ir-sky (Н. Ир-ского). Additional information: Cartoon shows Stalin as a caveman being struck by the hammer-and-sickle boomerang he’s just fruitlessly flung at the West. Flags seem to be Russia, US, UK, France and Belgium.
