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Field Marshal August von Mackensen, also known as The Last Hussar, whose life spanned the Kingdom of Prussia, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany and early Allied occupation; painted in 1916

Posted 27th Apr 2026r/Kaiserposting

"Look closely at this portrait", French anti-German postcard depicting a caricature of Emperor Wilhelm II made with some slightly hidden, macabre symbols such as weeping women, skulls, corpses and snakes, painting Germany as the source of death and destruction, 1915

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/PropagandaPosters

"Remember about us - be finally united!", poster issued by the German vetarans' organization Der Stahlhelm, with a soldier superimposed on a grave cross and more graves in the background, evoking sacrifices made for Germany during WWI and calling on the nation to unite; made by Heinz Wever, 1932

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/PropagandaPosters

"Freedom, peace, bread - vote for the black-white-red", federal election poster of the United Patriotic Associations of Germany, a coalition of various right-wing parties of the Weimar era; made by Reent Looschen (1893-1945), 1924

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/PropagandaPosters

"Every true Estonian to the Estonian Legion!", Nazi German recruitment poster issued in occupied Estonia, encouraging the locals to join the Estonian volunteer corps within the Waffen-SS, 1942

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/PropagandaPosters

"Long live Germania, long live Bavaria", patriotic postcard with German Crown Prince Wilhelm and Bavarian Crown Prince Rupprecht, meant to underline the wartime unity across the Empire, c. 1914

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/Kaiserposting

"Germany's Pride!", patriotic postcard with Emperor Wilhelm II and Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, painted by Arthur Fischer (1872-1948), 1914

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/Kaiserposting

"The Watch on the Rhine", Imperial German postcard alluding to a popular patriotic anthem, depicting a soldier with a sword and an Imperial banner standing guard on the Rhine against the French, c. 1914

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/PropagandaPosters

"We will defend ourselves to the last breath of man and horse", patriotic postcard, 1918

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/Kaiserposting

"The Sleeping Sickness", illustration depicting a large African man leaning against a tree, asleep, while Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Turkey, Portugal and England are scrambling to stake claims to portions of Africa; made by Gordon Ross (1873-1946), 1911

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/PropagandaPosters

"Germany was never defeated when it was united!", signed postcard featuring Emperor Wilhelm II, with words he had spoken at the outbreak of the Great War, 1914

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/Kaiserposting

Portrait of Franz Joseph of Austria painted by Franz Russ the Elder (1817-1892), 1855

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/austriahungary

Field Marshal Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, last commander-in-chief of the Austro-Hungarian army, painted in 1916

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/austriahungary

Three German Olympic gold medalists-turned-soldiers: parallel bar gymnast Walter Steffens (left), equestrian Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (middle) and javelin thrower Gerhard Stöck (right), photographed in the Don area on the Eastern Front, April 1943

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/GermanWW2photos

German soldiers during street fighting in Kharkov (today Kharkiv, Ukraine), October 1941

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/GermanWW2photos

Local woman handing out food to the members of the Danzig police at the start of the Polish campaign; Danzig (today Gdańsk, Poland), September 1939

Posted 26th Apr 2026r/GermanWW2photos

Wehrmacht soldiers and local residents celebrate after Tallinn fell under German control, Estonia, August/September 1941

Posted 25th Apr 2026r/GermanWW2photos

Wehrmacht soldiers greeted by the locals as they enter Riga, Latvia, July 1941

Posted 25th Apr 2026r/GermanWW2photos

Portrait of Emperor Frederick III in a field marshal's uniform with decorations, by Minna Pfüller (1824-1907), 1888

Posted 25th Apr 2026r/Kaiserposting

"Our Emperor and his eldest grandson", Emperor Wilhelm II with Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, eldest son of Crown Prince Wilhelm; photograph by Wilhelm Niederastroth (1874-1927), 1910

Posted 25th Apr 2026r/Kaiserposting

"Humble before God and eager for battle before the enemy!", patriotic postcard featuring Emperor Wilhelm II in Gardes du Corps uniform, 1914

Posted 25th Apr 2026r/Kaiserposting

"Now -- all together", US poster promoting the 7th War Loan drive to fund the ongoing military operations in the Pacific theater of World War II; made by Cecil C. Beall (1892-1970) based on the famous "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" photo taken by Joe Rosenthal, 1945

Posted 25th Apr 2026r/PropagandaPosters

"FILL THAT GAP", British poster promoting the Government Training Centres, offering practical courses for civilians as a way to solve the critical shortage of skilled workers in sectors essential to the war effort, 1940

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/PropagandaPosters

"Firm stands and loyal the watch on the Rhine!", patriotic Imperial German postcard, its title lifted from Max Schneckenburger's popular anti-French poem from 1840, depicting a Germanic warrior standing guard on the Rhine; made by Heinrich Hoffmann (1859-1933), 1915

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/PropagandaPosters

Svetozar Boroević von Bojna, nicknamed the Lion of Isonzo, the only Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal of South Slavic descent; painted in 1916

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/austriahungary

"Emperor Franz Joseph I in the gala uniform of a British Field Marshal", painting by Tom von Dreger (1868-1948), 1913

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/austriahungary

Portrait of Emperor Wilhelm II painted by Bruno Heinrich Strassberger (1832-1910), 1909

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/Kaiserposting

"How's it going?", postcard depicting a wounded and recovering Austro-Hungarian soldier with his loyal steed checking up on him, painted by Karl Feiertag (1874-1944), 1915

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/austriahungary

"Go home, Frenchie, back to Bordeaux! You'll never find happiness with me. My German darling is back and I'll stay loyal to him forever!", Imperial German postcard titled "Rejected", with an Alsatian woman choosing a German uhlan over a Frenchman; made by Ludwig (Lutz) Ehrenberg (1878-1950), 1916

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/Kaiserposting

"Every shot - a Russian! Every thrust - a Frenchman! Every step - a Brit!", Imperial German postcard with a popular poem against the Entente nations, 1914

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/Kaiserposting

Patriotic postcard featuring Field Marshal Conrad von Hötzendorf as painted by Josef Kalous (1887-1974), issued by the War Welfare Office as part of the "Field Commanders" series, with proceeds donated to the Austrian Red Cross, c. 1914

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/austriahungary

Patriotic postcard with Emperor Franz Joseph as painted by Hermann Wassmuth (1872-1949), 1915

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/austriahungary

"The bombardment of Ancona by the Imperial and Royal Navy on the 24th of May, 1915", postcard depicting the Austro-Hungarian fleet's attack on the Italian city of Ancona following Italy's entry into World War I on the Entente's side; painted by Harry Heusser (1886-1943), 1915

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/austriahungary

Postcard depicting the Austro-Hungarian protected cruiser "Kaiserin Elisabeth", flying both Austrian and German naval ensigns, visiting the German colony of Tsingtau in China; painted by Harry Heusser (1886-1943), 1914

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/austriahungary

Patriotic postcard with Emperor Wilhelm II in white, painted by Sixtus Zygmunt von Dzbański (1874-1953), c. 1914

Posted 24th Apr 2026r/Kaiserposting

"Demand a Peureux", French liqueur ad by Henri LeMonnier (1893-1978), 1925

Posted 23rd Apr 2026r/vintageads

"What a choice!", ad for the Philips refrigerators by Pierre Fix-Masseau (1905-1994), France, c. 1955

Posted 23rd Apr 2026r/vintageads

"Royal Stockings", ad made by Leo Keck (1906-1987), Switzerland, 1939

Posted 23rd Apr 2026r/VintageWomenAds

"Bally - comfort, elegance, quality", ad poster for the Bally shoe company, made by Pierre Gauchat (1902-1956), Switzerland, 1936

Posted 23rd Apr 2026r/vintageads

"Aspasia Soap, with pure milk", ad by Max Dalang (1892-1965), Switzerland, 1955

Posted 23rd Apr 2026r/vintageads

Ad poster for the Liberator bicycles, made by Jean "Pal" de Paleologu (1855-1942), France, c. 1895

Posted 23rd Apr 2026r/VintageWomenAds

"Aurore - the number one brand of quality shoes", ad poster for the Aurore shoe company, made by Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942), France, 1932

Posted 23rd Apr 2026r/VintageWomenAds

"Those who know demand Sonora", French ad for various phonographs and radios produced by the Sonora company, 1950s

Posted 23rd Apr 2026r/vintageads

German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (left) with Italian generals Gastone Gambara (middle) and Giorgio Calvi di Bergolo (right), photographed during the Axis occupation of Tobruk, Libya, July 1942

Posted 23rd Apr 2026r/GermanWW2photos

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