Description
Object description
whole: the image occupies the majority, held within a black border. The title is separate and positioned across the top
edge, in black. The text is integrated and positioned in the top left corner, also in black. Further text is separate and positioned across the bottom edge, in black.
image: a map of Europe, with the boundary lines of each country containing portraits of their soldiers, citizens, national personifications or animals. Britain is represented by John Bull wearing a Union Flag waistcoat and stepping over the English Channel, sword in hand and rolling up his shirtsleeves. Britain's colonies are represented by Australian, Canadian, Irish and Indian soldiers wading through the Atlantic Ocean towards Europe. France is represented by Marianne and a cockerel. Marianne stabs the German reprentation, an eagle, with a bayonet. Austria-Hungary is represented by a clown that holds on to the German eagle while being attacked by a Russian bear and a Serbian dog. Italy is represented by a man holding a piece of paper on which is written a claim that Italy's pre-war alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary had been forced upon her.
text: Von grossem Sammelwert!
EUROPEAN REVUE.
KILL THAT EAGLE.
Produced by 'Geographia' Ltd. 55 Fleet Str. London E.C.
(EUROPÄISCHE REVUE)
(TÖTE DEN ADLER)
GEZEICHNET VON DEM ENGLISCH-RUSSUSCHEN ARTISTEN J. H. AMSCHEWITZ.
BUSINESS AS USUAL (GESCHÄFT WIE GEWÖHNLICH)
YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. (DU HAST MICH ZUR LIEBE GEZWUNGEN ICH WOLLTE ES NICHT.)
GUN POWDER SCHIESS-PULVER
[names of countries are inscribed on the map in English and German]
G. H. A 1914
COPYRIGHT
PUBLISHED BY 'GEOGRAPHIA' LTD. 55 FLEET STR. LONDON. E.C.
'Ein Dokument der Perfidität Albions' bildet diese satyrische Europakarte. Während der Deutsche Gut und Blut für's Vaterland einsetzt,
betrachtet England den Krieg nur als Geschäft indem es kaltlächelnd sagt: 'Business as usual' (Geschäft wie gewöhnlich). Die Karte ist
genau dem englischen Original nachgebildet. Die wenigen Worte sind ins Deutsche zum besseren Verständnis übertragen. In London ist der
Preis dieser Karte 1 Shilling - Mk.1.-. Ohne gnädige Erlaubnis des englischen Vetters von einem deutschen Drucker nachgedruckt, zum ewigen
Gedenken.
Druck und Verlag W. Nölting, Kaiser Wilhelmstr. 93. HAMBURG 36.
[Of great collecting value! European revue. Kill that eagle. Produced by 'Geographia' Ltd. 55 Fleet Str. London E.C. (European revue) (Kill
the eagle) drawn by the English-Russian artist J. J. Amschewitz. Business as usual (business as usual) You made me love you I didn't want
to do it. (You made me love you I didn't want to do it.) Gun powder Gun powder [names of countries are inscribed on the map in English and
German] G. H. A 1914 Copyright published by 'Geographia' Ltd. 55 Fleet Str. London. E.C. This satirical map of Europe is 'a document proving the perfidy of Albion'. Whilst German assets and blood fight for the fatherland, England regards the war merely as business by
saying sneeringly: 'Business as usual' (Business as usual). The map reproduces the English original exactly. The few words are transposed into German for better understanding. The price of this map in London is 1 shilling – 1 mark. Reproduced by a German printer without kind
permission from our English cousin, as an eternal memento. Printer and Publisher W. Nölting, Kaiser Wilhelmstr. 93. HAMBURG
36.]
Physical description
This poster was originally produced in Britain, but was copied and reproduced in Germany as an example of British
propaganda (see PST 6964 for a similar example).
Inscription
22294