Live auction - Lot 1238

[World War I]

Satirical obituary card of Wilhelm II marking the end of the German Empire at the end of the Great War.

Antwerp, December 1, 1918

€ 50 / 60

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Lot description

Double-page 8vo (sl. toned, traces of central fold).

Satirical card, with a bitter tone, in Dutch: "Het Pruissische miliarisme [...] laten u met blijdschap weten dat [...] hunnen afgod, zot, troetelkind, brandstichter, sluipmoordenaar [...] ex-keizer Wilhelm Hohenzollern & Cie smartelijk overleden is na vier jaar, 3 maanden en 10 dagen, niets anders dan moorden, branden, vloeken [...] en laf zijn gaan loopen te zijn op 10 november 1918 [...]".

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Lot 1238

Satirical obituary card of Wilhelm II marking the end of the German Empire at the end of the Great War.

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