Propaganda leaflet : A German Naval Victory
Object
Leaflet
Production date
1915 = 1918
Object number
1991.373
Physical Description
Leaflet about the sinking of the Lusitania. White paper, black print, with 1991 /371, 250 x 190mm.
Associated Event
First World War
Exhibition Label
From the exhibition 'The Art of War – Posters & Propaganda from the First World War' [23 February – 28 May 2016]
Avenge the Lusitania
This anti-German leaflet criticises a German medal which showed the sinking of the passenger liner, Lusitania, killing civilians. The British exploited the incident for propaganda purposes, the intention being to demonstrate that the sinking was cynically pre-planned. Around 300,000 British copies of these medals were made, paid for by Gordon Selfridge, the department store owner.
Avenge the Lusitania
This anti-German leaflet criticises a German medal which showed the sinking of the passenger liner, Lusitania, killing civilians. The British exploited the incident for propaganda purposes, the intention being to demonstrate that the sinking was cynically pre-planned. Around 300,000 British copies of these medals were made, paid for by Gordon Selfridge, the department store owner.
On display?
No
Inscription
Please do not destroy this
When you have read it carefully through kindly pass it on to a friend.
A
German Naval Victory
“ With joyful pride we contemplate this latest deed of our navy. . . .”
Kölnische Volkszeitung, 10th May, 1915.
______________________________
KEINE BANN WARE
KEINE BANN WARE!
DER GROSSDAMPER
C.R.O//CAMPIER
= LUSITANIA =
DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES
TAUCHDOOT VERSENKT
5 MAI 1915
GESCHAFT UBER ALLES
FAHRKARTEN
AUSGABE
R.G
This medal has been struck in Germany with the object of keeping alive in
German hearts the recollection of the glorious achievements of the German Navy
in deliberately destroying an unarmed passenger ship, together with 1,198 non-
combatants, men, women and children.
On the observe, under the legend “No contraband” (Keine Bannware),
there is a representation of the Lusitania sinking. The designer has put in the
women and children, which the world knows she did carry.
On the reverse, under the legend “Business above all” (Geschäft über
alles), the figure of Death sits at the booking office of the Cunard Line and gives
out tickets to passengers, who refuse to attend to the warning against submarines
given by a German. This picture seeks apparently to propound the theory that
if a murderer warns his victim of his intention, the guilt of the crime will rest with
the victim, not with the murderer.
Replicas of the medal are issued by the Lusitania Souvenir
Medal Committee, 32, Duke Street, Manchester Square W. 1.
All profits accruing to this Committee will be handed to
St. Dunstan’s Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Hostel.
When you have read it carefully through kindly pass it on to a friend.
A
German Naval Victory
“ With joyful pride we contemplate this latest deed of our navy. . . .”
Kölnische Volkszeitung, 10th May, 1915.
______________________________
KEINE BANN WARE
KEINE BANN WARE!
DER GROSSDAMPER
C.R.O//CAMPIER
= LUSITANIA =
DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES
TAUCHDOOT VERSENKT
5 MAI 1915
GESCHAFT UBER ALLES
FAHRKARTEN
AUSGABE
R.G
This medal has been struck in Germany with the object of keeping alive in
German hearts the recollection of the glorious achievements of the German Navy
in deliberately destroying an unarmed passenger ship, together with 1,198 non-
combatants, men, women and children.
On the observe, under the legend “No contraband” (Keine Bannware),
there is a representation of the Lusitania sinking. The designer has put in the
women and children, which the world knows she did carry.
On the reverse, under the legend “Business above all” (Geschäft über
alles), the figure of Death sits at the booking office of the Cunard Line and gives
out tickets to passengers, who refuse to attend to the warning against submarines
given by a German. This picture seeks apparently to propound the theory that
if a murderer warns his victim of his intention, the guilt of the crime will rest with
the victim, not with the murderer.
Replicas of the medal are issued by the Lusitania Souvenir
Medal Committee, 32, Duke Street, Manchester Square W. 1.
All profits accruing to this Committee will be handed to
St. Dunstan’s Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Hostel.
