Crush the Germans
Artist
D. D. Fry
United Kingdom
Date1915
Dimensions30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LineGift of Peter A. Blatz
Object numberPH.66
DescriptionThis poster was published by the Parliamentary War Savings Committee during World War I as part of a fundraising drive directed at British civilians. In this simple design, the image very literally represents the message boldly lettered in red; it shows a swarthy Kaiser Wilhelm II in the distinctive spiked Pickelhaube helmet of the German army being crushed under a giant five-shilling piece dated 1915. The motif on the coin, St. George slaying the dragon, reinforces the concept since St. George is the patron saint of England.On View
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