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Rare German WW1 Propaganda Posters

It says, "Niclolas! Nicholas! Dare you just get out of Moscow!. With the sabers we will make Russian salad out of you!"
"Germania" 1914. A painting by Freidrich August von Kaulbach

 WHO WAS KAULBACH?

Son of the panter Friedrich von Kaulbach. He studied with is father in Hanover and in 1868 in Nürnberg with August von Kreling und Karl Raupp. In 1871 he copied the old masters in Dresden. In 1872 he moved to Munich, where he married and had a studio in the Schwantalerstrasse. Following the advice of Lenbach he travelled to Italy in 1873-1874. Together with Gedon, Lenbach and Makart he went to Antwerpen during the Rubens year in 1877. He became popular in Munich after he painted the Schuetzenliesl" for a beer hall in Munich. In 1882 he became a member of the academy in Berlin. He had started with genre pieces, but from 1883 onwards he specialised in portraits. During this time he visited Paris several times and saw the works of Gustave Courbet. In 1886 he was knighted by Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria and he succeeded Karl von Piloty as the director of the academy in Munich. In 1887-1889 Gabriel von Seidl built a city palace for him in Munich and in 1897 he married for the second time. His new wife was the Danish violinist Fride Scotta. In 1898 he portrayed wilhelm II. Among his friends were Lenbach, Von Stuck and Gulbransson. In recent years his house in the small Bavarian village Ohlsdorf has opened as a museum.
This 1916 poster shows the German Emperor Kaiser Welhelm at the grave of a German soldier
It says, "Homeland . Have no fear."
"Faithful arms. Brotherhood"
Caption says" Hindenburg: So, you pointed Russian boys now bring the stolen pretty carefully not to Berlin to Petrograd!"
"The eight-headed-hydra". Germany and Austria fights its foes.
Wilhelm II: "Before God and history is my conscience is clear I have not wanted the war.." A 1915 poster
The Allies have taken a beating
Hindenburg prepares arms for Germany

Germany and Austria checkmate the Allies
"The European Balance 1914"
Taming the Russian bear
Jesus blesses the German army
"With full steam ahead, we are with you"


The Russian bear is washed
"Dear homeland, have no fear"
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