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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
Die 9. Kriegsanleihe!
Otto Ubbelohde (1867-1922) · Ninth German War Loan, subscriptions at the Bankhaus Baruch Strauss, Marburg an der Lahn, 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 poster Otto Ubbelohde drew for Germany's ninth war loan in 1918, from the Library of Congress.
Why it matters
The ninth Kriegsanleihe was the last war loan Germany raised, and the poem on the sheet argues that Germany endures and is a sound country, so Germans should subscribe; the Bankhaus Baruch Strauss in Marburg an der Lahn took the money. Ubbelohde was the illustrator of the Grimm fairy tales.
What to notice
A farmer cutting grain with a scythe, and behind him haystacks, a city, a river, factories, mountains and a rainbow.
One harvest, asked to pay for the last loan.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Otto Ubbelohde (1867-1922)
- Campaign
- Liberty Loans
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Ninth German War Loan, subscriptions at the Bankhaus Baruch Strauss, Marburg an der Lahn, 1918
- Source
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons) · LCCN 2004666130
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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