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    Title

  • Deutscher Flottenverein

  • Physical Description

    1 poster : color, facsimile ; 72 x 77 cm

  • Date

    1901

  • Notes

    Poster is a reproduction from the book "Anschläge : deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit, 1900-1960 ; 122 Blatt in den Druck- und Papierfarben der Originale," cataloged in the LBI Library under call number r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963.

  • Summary

    Poster shows a stylized rendering of the Imperial yacht “S.M. Yacht Hohenzollern” cresting on dark water.

  • Subject

    Ships; Posters, Facsimiles

  • Genre

    Posters; Political posters

  • Medium

    Posters, German, 1900-1910

  • Part Of

    Anschläge: Deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit 1900-1960, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963

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Biographical/Historical Information

The Flottenverein was an Imperial German navy league, or fleet association, founded in 1898. The league's mission was to propagate the new maritime and colonial policies of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Under the guidance of Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the organization soon gained many supporters in Germany, and at its peak had over 1 million members. The motto “Germany's future lies on the sea” now applies. However, the growth of the league led to tense relations with England a few years later, at the dawn of World War I.

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Citation

Deutscher Flottenverein, Leo Baeck Institute, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963 [I.1].