Für die Kriegsanleihe! (For the War Loan!)
A winged child in a black-white-red sash, a sickle at its hip, holds a steel helmet pierced by holes and heaped with coins. The helmet is a soldier's, and the cherub is a figure of innocence; the poster pastes both onto the act of subscribing, and gives no loan number, interest rate or terms.
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Imperial German war-loan campaign; printer W. Hagelberg, Berlin
- Country
- German Empire
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- German Empire
- Leader
- Wilhelm II
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Event
- World War I
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Leader
- Wilhelm II
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain in the U.S. (published before 1931)
Berlin: W. Hagelberg, 1917. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004666144/.
Text on the object
Für die Kriegsanleihe! [small imprint at lower left: W. Hagelberg Akt.-Ges., Berlin, rest illegible] Bestellwort: Engel.
For the war loan! [small imprint at lower left: W. Hagelberg Akt.-Ges., Berlin, rest illegible] Order word: Angel.
The imprint at lower left is small and only partly legible in this scan.
