Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe (Subscribe to the War Loan), eagle and dove
A black eagle's head fills the top of the sheet while a white dove with an olive branch flies below it over a wooded landscape. The two national and peace symbols are placed on the call to subscribe, so that buying war bonds reads as both strength and peace; no terms of the loan are printed.
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- German war-loan campaign; artist K. Sigrist; printer Eckstein & Stähle, Stuttgart
- 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)
Sigrist, K., artist. Stuttgart: Eckstein & Stähle, 1917. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004666136/.
Text on the object
Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe [artist's signature in the picture: K. Sigrist] [imprint at lower left: Eckstein & Stähle, Kgl. Hofkunstanstalt, Stuttgart] [word at lower right, probably the order word: Adlertaube]
Subscribe to the war loan [artist's signature in the picture: K. Sigrist] [imprint at lower left: Eckstein & Stähle, Royal Court Art Institute, Stuttgart] [word at lower right, probably the order word: eagle-dove]
The word at lower right is small and read with some doubt.
