Fernsprecher [Telephonists]

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Object description

whole: the image occupies the whole. The title is integrated and positioned across the top edge, in red. The text is integrated and placed in the lower third, also in red. image: a stylised depiction of a thunder storm, with a bolt of lighting flashing - from upper right to the bottom left corner - across a dark sky. text: FERNSPRECHER FUNKER BLINKER FAHRER auf zum GRENZSCHUTZ-OST! OSCAR GEHRIG [Telephonists. Wireless operators, signals operators, drivers, join the Eastern Border Defence!]

Physical description

A larger version was also produced (see PST 6005).

Inscription

782

Object details

Category

Posters

Creator

Gehrig, Oscar (Undefined)
Grenzschutz Ost (publisher/sponsor)

Place made

Germany

Materials

Support: paper

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 475 mm, Width 344 mm

Catalogue number

Art.IWM PST 6439

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Fernsprecher [Telephonists]

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Fernsprecher Funker auf zum Grenzschutz Ost [Telephone Operators, Radio Operators, Join the Defence of the Borders in the East]

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Fernsprecher Funker auf zum Grenzschutz Ost [Telephone Operators, Radio Operators, Join the Defence of the Borders in the East]

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