Germany, Third Reich. An August 1940 Wochenspruch der NSDAP Propaganda Poster
(Wochenspruch der NSDAP Wandzeitung). Constructed of card stock, the obverse bearing a black-and-white illustration of Wehrmacht standards held aloft and topped by a German national eagle in mid-flight, situated above a question from AH reading “ES KANN NICHT ANDERS SEIN: WIR MÜSSEN SIEGEN, UND WIR WERDEN AUCH SIEGEN!” (“IT CANNOT BE OTHERWISE: WE MUST WIN, AND WE ARE GOING TO WIN!”), the lower edge bearing the printer’s mark of the NSDAP’s official publishing house in Munich, produced at the behest of the Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment, date 4-10 August 1940, measuring 29 cm (w) x 42.5 cm (h), demonstrating minor, age-appropriate discolouration and material fatigue, in near extremely fine condition.