Der neue Dreibund (The New Triple Alliance): postcard
Sepia postcard with oval portraits of Wilhelm II, Franz Joseph I and the Ottoman sultan Mehmed V, each under a crest, around an Iron Cross marked 'W 1914' and a crescent-and-star emblem, titled 'The New Triple Alliance'. The shared laurel frame and Iron Cross put the Ottoman ruler on the same footing as the two emperors.
- Date
- 1915
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Dr. Haas'sche Druckerei, Mannheim (postcard publisher, Tiefdruck department)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- German Empire
- Medium
- Postcard
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- German Empire
- Leader
- Wilhelm II
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War I
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (scan by Bernd Schwabe), retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain postcard (c. 1915); scan CC BY-SA 3.0 (Bernd Schwabe, per Wikimedia Commons)
Bernd Schwabe in Hannover, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
Der neue Dreibund [on the Iron Cross: W 1914]
The new Triple Alliance [on the Iron Cross: W 1914]
Only the title and the Iron Cross lettering are printed on the picture side. Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.
