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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).

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.

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Völkerkrieg (people's war)

1914; In Treue Fest



People's War

Firm in Loyalty

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Thursday, September 3, 1914

"J'ai reçu le Mandat de dèfendre Paris contre l'envahisseur. Ce Mandat, je le remplirai jusqu'au bout.

(Proclamation du 3 Septembre 1914)

I received the mandate to defend Paris against the invader. This mandate, I will fill to the end.

(Proclamation of September 3, 1914)

General Joseph Gallieni"

Quotation Context

General Gallieni was called from retirement to prepare the defense of Paris from the approaching Germans.

Source

General Gallieni and his Proclamation of September 3, 1914 by H. Manuel, Postcard face

Tags

1914-09-03, Paris, France, Gallieni, mandate, defence of Paris, 1914, September