Siegeszug durch Rumänien, Montanus-Markbücher Band 4 (Victory March through Romania)

A shop-window poster for a one-mark war book. A facsimile preface from Field Marshal von Mackensen is the endorsement, set in a box over his signature, and the copy speaks of 'the victorious, storming force' of the Romanian campaign. Stylised black and pink birds of prey fill the picture; the text names no casualties, costs or later course of the campaign.

Date: 1918
Period: First World War
Made by: Montanus-Markbücher book series (commercial publisher); artist Blank; printed by Buchdruckerei Unitas, Bühl (Baden)
Region: Western and Central Europe
Country: German Empire
Medium: Advertisement
Issuer type: Corporation
Regime: German Empire
Leader: Wilhelm II
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Themes: War and the military, Home front, Media and information
Event: World War I
Techniques: Testimonial Glittering generalities
Regime: German Empire under Wilhelm II
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)
Blank, artist. Baden: Buchdruckerei Unitas Bühl, 1918. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004665825/.

Text on the object

Original (German) · read from the image, not independently checked

Montanus-Markbücher Band 4
Siegeszug
durch
Rumänien
Fr. W. Frerks wundervolle Schilderungen geben uns ein packendes zusammenfassendes Bild der Kämpfe und führen uns mitten hinein in d. siegende stürmende Kraft unseres Siegeszuges durch Rumänien.
Generalfeldmarschall v. Mackensen
der geniale Armeeführer in Rumänien widmete d. Buche aus dem Felde eine Einführung, die nach einem zusammenfassenden Hinweis auf die ungeheuren Schwierigkeiten dieses Feldzuges mit den Worten schließt:
[handwritten facsimile of the closing words, illegible in this scan]
Im Felde 20. 2. 1917.   v. Mackensen, Gener. Feldmarschall.
1-100 Tausend
Eine Mark
[artist's signature in the picture: Blank]

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

Montanus Mark Books, volume 4
Victory march
through
Romania
Fr. W. Frerks's wonderful descriptions give us a gripping, summarising picture of the battles and lead us right into the victorious, storming force of our victory march through Romania.
General Field Marshal von Mackensen,
the brilliant army leader in Romania, dedicated an introduction from the field to the book, which, after a summarising note on the enormous difficulties of this campaign, ends with the words:
[handwritten facsimile of the closing words, illegible in this scan]
In the field, 20 Feb. 1917. v. Mackensen, General Field Marshal.
1st-100th thousand
One mark
[artist's signature in the picture: Blank]

The author's surname reads 'Frerks' in this scan. The handwritten facsimile is not legible at this resolution.