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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Kriegsanleihe
Helft Uns Siegen! Zeichnet die Kriegsanleihe
Fritz Erler (1868-1940) · Sixth German War Loan, 1917
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 Fritz Erler drew for the German war loan of 1917, signed Erler, 58 by 44 cm, from the Rehse-Archiv at the Library of Congress.
Why it matters
The title means help us triumph! Subscribe to the war loan. Erler's design for the sixth loan is the best-known German image of the war.
What to notice
A German soldier in a steel helmet, gas mask hanging from his neck, gazing into the distance from behind the wire.
A face from the trenches, asking for money.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Fritz Erler (1868-1940)
- Campaign
- War Bonds
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Sixth German War Loan, 1917
- 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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