Kriegs-Greber Tog [“War-Graves Day."] Poster issued immediately prior to the end of World War I. Central depiction of an Austrian infantryman's helmet and two crossed bayonets, set against a laurel wreath. Artist unknown.

(WORLD WAR I).

Vienna, Hermes-Druckerei, 1918.

Some fraying along upper left margin. Later Polish stamp on verso

An important Yiddish poster issued by the Komitee für die Kriegsgräber-Fürsorge in Österreich [Committee for the Care of War Graves in Austria] under the protection of His Majesty Emperor Karl I, commemorating those Austrian heroes who fell in war for the Fatherland, 1914-18. Seeks to encourage donations to erect a War Memorial, a related ceremony for which was to take place from the 31st November - 3rd November, just eight days away from Armistice Day, 11th November, 1918, the last day of the “war to end all wars." This poster also appeared in German. Clearly this Yiddish edition was issued by the War Graves Commission to elicit support from Austrian Jews - or more likely those Jews newly arrived to Vienna from the greater reaches of the Austro-Hungarian Empire who, more likely than not, were Yiddish speakers.