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My Four Years in Germany


by James W. Gerard

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!

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.

Memoir of James W. Gerard, last American Ambassador to the German Imperial Court.

Publisher: George H. Doran Company, 1917

Copyright: 1917, by George H. Doran Company