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The Posters That Went to War · Kriegsanleihe
Die Grosse Schlacht in Frankreich
Hans Rudi Erdt (1883-1918) · Film poster for Die grosse Schlacht in Frankreich, part 1, 1918
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph Hans Rudi Erdt designed in 1918 to advertise the first part of the film Die grosse Schlacht in Frankreich, 142 by 94 cm, from the Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, now at the Library of Congress.
Why it matters
The film, The Great Battle in France, was a newsreel of the German spring offensive of 1918. Erdt, the Berlin designer of the Sachplakat, died the same year.
What to notice
German soldiers crowd round a cannon, and behind them looms the image of General Paul von Hindenburg. The signature reads H.R. Erdt.
The front, booked for the cinema.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Hans Rudi Erdt (1883-1918)
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Film poster for Die grosse Schlacht in Frankreich, part 1, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02: Public domain (PD-Layout, PD-US-expired-text, PD-old-X-expired).
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