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Postcard image of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiser Franz Joseph, in the Secessionist style. The men are in a hexagonal lozenge, an image that may have been drawn from them riding in a carriage. Kaiser Wilhelm is wearing the uniform and shako of the Death's Head Hussars. Above the image, the word "Völkerkrieg" (people's war); below "1914; In Treue Fest" (fixed in loyalty).more Postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiser Franz Joseph, in the Secessionist style. Kaiser Wilhelm is wearing the uniform and shako of the Death's Head Hussars. Völkerkrieg (people's war)

1914; In Treue Fest



People's War

Firm in Loyalty		 Kaiser, Wilhelm, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Wilhelm II, Kaiser Wilhelm, Hohenzollern, Franz Josef, Franz Joseph, In Treue Fest, 1914, sucession
Two German marines, of the IX and XI Marine Artillery, watching in the dunes along the North Sea or Baltic Sea coast. Text: Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein Dünenwache. XI and IX Matrosen Artillerie Dear fatherland, you want to be quiet Dunes guard. XI and IX sailors artillerymore Two German marines, of the IX and XI Marine Artillery, watching in the dunes along the North Sea or Baltic Sea coast. Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein

Dünenwache.

XI and IX Matrosen Artillerie



Dear fatherland, you want to be quiet

Dunes guard.

XI and IX sailors artillery		 Dünenwache, dune watch, marine, marines, marine artillery, marine artillery dune watch
Zweibund — the Dual Alliance — Germany and Austria-Hungary united, were the core of the Central Powers, and here join hands. The bars of Germany's flag border the top left, and those of the Habsburg Austrian Empire and ruling house the bottom right. Text: Schulter an Schulter Untrennbar vereint in Freud und in Leid!' Shoulder to shoulder Inseparably united in joy and in sorrow!more Zweibund — the Dual Alliance — Germany and Austria-Hungary united, were the core of the Central Powers, and here join hands. The bars of Germany's flag border the top left, and those of the Habsburg Austrian Empire and ruling house the bottom right. Schulter an Schulter

Untrennbar vereint

in Freud und in Leid!'



Shoulder to shoulder

Inseparably united

in joy and in sorrow!		 Germany, Austria, Austria-Hungary, 1915, empire, Zweibund, Zweibund handshake, Dual Alliance, 1916-12-27, December, map, Central Powers
Postcard by Willi Scheuermann of the British coming to the continent, spreading rumors, and then being kicked back to England. After their defeats in the Battles of Mons and Le Cateau on August 23 and 26, 1914, the German First Army lost contact with the %+%Organization%m%20%n%British Expeditionary Force%-% and assumed they had withdrawn to the channel coast if not to England. Text: Er kam--- Er sah--- Er log--- Er flog. [Signed] WS Russen vor Berlin Franzosen in München Helgoland in die Luft geflogen He came He saw He lied He flew [the lies:] Russians at Berlin French in Munich Helgoland blown up Reverse: Logo: W S S B 577more Postcard by Willi Scheuermann of the British coming to the continent, spreading rumors, and then being kicked back to England. After their defeats in the Battles of Mons and Le Cateau on August 23 and 26, 1914, the German First Army lost contact with the British Expeditionary Force and assumed they had withdrawn to the channel coast if not to England. Er kam---

Er sah---

Er log---

Er flog.

[Signed] WS

Russen vor Berlin

Franzosen in München

Helgoland in die Luft geflogen

He came

He saw

He lied

He flew

[the lies:]

Russians at Berlin

French in Munich

Helgoland blown up



Reverse:

Logo: W S S B 577		 Scheuermann, British Expeditionary Force, BEF, 1914, August, 1914-08-26
A folding postcard from a pencil sketch of an unsuccessful Allied gas attack in Flanders. Text: Erfolgloser feindlicher Gasangriff in Flandern Unsuccessful enemy gas attack in Flanders Outside: Feldpostkarte Nachdruck verboten. Field postcard Reproduction prohibited.more A folding postcard from a pencil sketch of an unsuccessful Allied gas attack in Flanders. Erfolgloser feindlicher Gasangriff in Flandern



Unsuccessful enemy gas attack in Flanders



Outside:

Feldpostkarte

Nachdruck verboten.



Field postcard

Reproduction prohibited.		 Flanders, gas, gas attack, poison gas, Flanders gas attack


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