Germany, Imperial. A War Bond Propaganda Poster
(Kriegsanleihe Plakat). Constructed of off-white paper with multi-coloured ink, topped by an illustration of a prone lion (symbolizing the United Kingdom) surrounded by U-Boats and a Zeppelin, with Fraktur script text inciting patriotic sentiment against the United Kingdom and encouraging donations to a national war bond campaign, commissioned by the Nachrichtenbüro (Information Office) of the Reichsbank, printer marked “WILHELM WAGNER, BERLIN” at the lower right obverse corner, measuring 220 mm (w) x 285 mm (h), with horizontal and vertical folding creases consistent with folding into quarter evident, in overall near extremely fine condition.

