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World War I propaganda postcard published in 1914 by Imprimerie Provençale Guiraud in Marseille. The illustration shows the European nations in caricature form, emphasizing the conflicts and tensions of the time: Russia is depicted as a huge soldier in red with a fierce bear, the nation’s symbol, threatening Germany and Austria-Hungary while Italy is depicted in an uncertain, back-to-back position to represent its initial neutrality.
- Dimension: 9 x 14 cm
- Place of publication: Marsiglia
- Year: 1914
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Uncommon anti-German propaganda postcard printed in occasion of the entry into the war of Italy during the first World War.
The Empire Austro-Hungarian is depicted as an octopus that with its tentacles it subjugates various territories such as the Bohemia, Galicia, Trentino, Istria, Croatia Slavonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania. On the left the explanation of the lovely anthropomorphic map: “Italians, if we do not want to become slaves of the hanger, let us all be united in one will and with one word: Outside the Germans!”. Published in Milan at La Zincografica in 1915.- Dimension: 9 x 14 cm
- Place of publication: Milan
- Year: 1915
