A chemist in neutral Denmark conducts research on culture, looking for it under a microscope. A German pickelhaube sits on his desk, and a German fetus or infant wearing one is preserved in a glass jar before him. Over his shoulder is a map of the kingdom of Denmark, the province of Schleswig immediately to its south, lost to Germany in 1864 in the Second Schleswig. One of a series of 1916 postcards on neutral nations by Em. Dupuis.
Recherchés de Civilisation dans la Kultur.Looking for Civilisation in the Kultur. DanemarkOn the map, jars, and beaker: Rayaume de Danemark; Sleswig 1863; Kulture, Bouillon KulturSigned: Em. Dupuis 1916Reverse:Visé Paris. No. ???Logo: Paris Color 152 Quai de Jemmapes
The Kingdom of Denmark consists of the northern portion of the Jutland Peninsula and over 400 islands, most in the Baltic Sea east of Jutland. The islands include Funen, Zealand, Lolland, Falster, and Bornholm. The mainland sections of Denmark are Western, Northern, Eastern, and Southern Jutland, the last also known as Northern Schleswig. The autonomous regions of Greenland and the Faroe Islands are also part of the kingdom.The country is bordered by Southern Schleswig in Germany to the south, the North Sea to its west, and the Baltic Sea to the east. Two straits form the sea route from the North Sea to the Baltic, the Skaggerak to the northwest and the Kattegat to the northeast.Northernmost Jutland is the North Jutlandic Island, separated from the mainland by flooding in 1825.Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament.In the Second Schleswig War of 1864 against Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Denmark lost the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein to Prussia. In the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Versailles, the Allies offered Schleswig to Denmark which insisted on plebiscites for northern and southern Schleswig. On July 20, 1920, Denmark regained northern Schleswig.The Battle of Jutland, the war's largest naval battle, was fought in the North Sea west of Jutland on May 31, 1916.After defeat in the Second Schleswig War, Denmark pursued a policy of neutrality, holding that course during World War I.
Denmark is a country in Europe.
