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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
Gebt für die U-Boot-Spende
Willy Stöwer (1864-1931) · U-Boot-Spende, Germany, 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 poster design (Entwurf) Willy Stöwer made for the U-Boot-Spende, the U-boat fund, in 1917, from the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Why it matters
Stöwer was the Kaiser's favourite marine painter, and the sheet called for gifts to the U-boat fund in the year Germany opened unrestricted submarine warfare.
What to notice
The design for the poster, before the printed sheet: the record names it an Entwurf.
The sea war, sketched for the collection box.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Willy Stöwer (1864-1931)
- Service
- Navy
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- U-Boot-Spende, Germany, 1917
- Source
- 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-Art, PD-Art/en, PD-Art/layout).
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