Gold Gab ich zur Wehr - Eisen Nahm ich zur Ehr [Gold I Gave for the Fight - Iron I Took for Honour]

whole: a circular image occupies the centre, set against a black background. The title, in gold, surrounds the image. Further text is positioned separately along the bottom in black. image: a black silhouette of a kneeling woman facing right. She wears a long dress, holds a jewellery case under her arm and offers a gold medallion in her outstretched left hand. text: GOLD GAB ICH ZUR WEHR EISEN NAHM ICH ZUR EHR HOLLERBAUM UND SCHMIDT .BERLIN. GIPKENS NACH HOSAEUS BRINGT EUREN GOLDSCHMUCK DEN GOLDANKAUFSSTELLEN! [I gave gold for defence - I took iron for honour. Gipkens after Hosaeus. Bring your gold jewellery to the gold purchasing centres!]

Uses a similar image and text as PST 3225.

Herrmann Hosaeus was born in Eisenach in 1875, and worked as a sculptor in Munich, Nuremberg and Berlin. Another poster designer, Lucien Bernhard, also based a poster on the same Hosaeus sculpture (see PST 3225).

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