One of six Nationalist/Nazi Propagada postcards issued by Köhler Druck in Germany under the title <i>Frontbilder 1918</i> ('Front images 1918'). Litography drawings by <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_Eber" class="extiw" title="de:Elk Eber">Elk Eber</a> (1892 – 1941), Munich, depicting heroic and brave soldiers in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Army_(German_Empire)" class="extiw" title="en:German Army (German Empire)">Imperial German Army</a> (German: <i>Deutsches Heer</i>) fighting in the trenches during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Germany_during_World_War_I" class="extiw" title="en:History of Germany during World War I">World War I</a>. The soldiers' idealized, masculine faces and <i>Stahlhelmen</i> (steel helmets) are central, perhaps a link to <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Stahlhelm,_Bund_der_Frontsoldaten" class="extiw" title="en:Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten">Der Stahlhelm</a></i>, a German First World War veteran's organisation existing from 1918 to 1935. No known copyright restrictions.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18620776" class="extiw" title="d:Q18620776"><span title="German painter (1892-1941)">Elk Eber</span></a>
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