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Offline ChristianM80

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My WWII Propaganda Poster Collection
« on: April 12, 2015, 02:23:52 AM »
I am new to the forum so thought I would start off by uploading my collection.

I also have a few of these for sale... enjoy... :)















































These last two are brochures, although both were made
as posters as well.














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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2015, 02:30:05 AM »
Hey Christian,

 welcome1 again to the forum! Glad to see that it all went smoothly for you!

And a great looking SS poster... wow... talk about a piece of history right there.

Cant wait to see more, too.

Jeff





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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2015, 02:32:47 AM »
Welcome - looking forward to seeing more
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2015, 02:46:51 AM »
Thankyou Jeff and CSM for your kind words....

I hope you enjoy looking at these pieces of history as much as I do.

I have another 5 or so in the pipeline that I am looking to acquire soon,
amongst them happens to be my HOLY GRAIL poster... thumbsup.gif


PS... Apologies as I just realised I had posted these in the Movie Poster
area of the forum, so please feel free to relocate the thread to the appropriate
area if required...  thumbup
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2015, 08:24:19 AM »
Zowie!  It's an amazing collection. Wow---that these things survived, and in such marvelous condition, is phenomenal. Bravo, and welcome.
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2015, 09:28:25 AM »
These are really great!  Thanks for sharing with us.
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2015, 10:45:08 AM »
I can honestly say I have never seen bullets used as poster weights!
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2015, 07:12:44 PM »
 welcome1 ChristianM80, those are wonderful posters, can't wait to see more!!! What is your Holy Grail poster?

Quote from: CSM on April 12, 2015, 10:45:08 AM
I can honestly say I have never seen bullets used as poster weights!

I didn't notice this until you pointed it out. Must be a first here?!?
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2015, 08:34:00 PM »
Quote from: ChristianM80 on April 12, 2015, 02:23:52 AM
I am new to the forum so thought I would start off by uploading my collection.

I also have a few of these for sale... enjoy... :)






This is quite something. Do you know what this is? A recruitment poster ?
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2015, 11:45:43 PM »
Glad to see you all set up Christian!!! Magnificent collection!!!! Top Shelf indeed!!!  notworthy.gif notworthy.gif notworthy.gif
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2015, 12:00:20 AM »
Quote from: Mac-Apple on April 12, 2015, 11:45:43 PM
Glad to see you all set up Christian!!! Magnificent collection!!!! Top Shelf indeed!!!  notworthy.gif notworthy.gif notworthy.gif

Here, here!!

 cheers
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2015, 02:56:35 AM »
 ;D The only thing I had close at hand at the time... As I usually use books or coasters.

The rounds are inert / not live and cannot be fired, just in case you were wondering...  gun1


Quote from: CSM on April 12, 2015, 10:45:08 AM
I can honestly say I have never seen bullets used as poster weights!
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2015, 03:02:11 AM »
Yes, this is a recruitment poster for the Waffen SS, saying that you can join up on your 17th birthday.

This is one of the iconic propaganda / recruitment posters of the war by the well known artist, Hans Schweitzer.
He always signed his works as 'Mjölnir', which also happens to be the name of Thor's hammer...

They are quite rare and usually are found with different recruitment office addresses along the bottom.

Quote from: Mirosae on April 12, 2015, 08:34:00 PM
This is quite something. Do you know what this is? A recruitment poster ?
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2015, 03:08:32 AM »
Thankyou... thumbup

The Holy Grail poster I would prefer to keep secret for the time being until such time as I have
it in hand as I do not want to jinx anything... I have yet to pay for it along with some others
I have lined up to add to the collection.  thumbsup.gif

Quote from: Gingerman on April 12, 2015, 07:12:44 PM
welcome1 ChristianM80, those are wonderful posters, can't wait to see more!!! What is your Holy Grail poster?

I didn't notice this until you pointed it out. Must be a first here?!?
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2015, 03:09:59 AM »
Thanks Michael...

Much appreciate you recommending this site to me...  thumbup

Thankyou also to Jeff.... thumbup

Quote from: Mac-Apple on April 12, 2015, 11:45:43 PM
Glad to see you all set up Christian!!! Magnificent collection!!!! Top Shelf indeed!!!  notworthy.gif notworthy.gif notworthy.gif
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2015, 07:05:38 AM »
Quote from: ChristianM80 on April 13, 2015, 03:02:11 AM
Yes, this is a recruitment poster for the Waffen SS, saying that you can join up on your 17th birthday.

This is one of the iconic propaganda / recruitment posters of the war by the well known artist, Hans Schweitzer.
He always signed his works as 'Mjölnir', which also happens to be the name of Thor's hammer...

They are quite rare and usually are found with different recruitment office addresses along the bottom.


Thank you, very interesting  :)  I have always been a bit obsessed with WW2, but more on the reading side rather than collecting. The history is a bit too heavy for me, I still find these images very scary..  :P  but I can certainly appreciate your posters, they are  really quite something. Congrats  thumbsup.gif

 :)
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2015, 09:18:27 AM »
Thankyou...

I also try to find period images of the posters.

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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #17 on: April 13, 2015, 09:40:03 AM »
Hi Christian.  I love the posters - do you have a hard time importing/exporting/selling them because of the swastika images, etc?  I know there are national regulations against that sort of thing in some countries, not sure how extensive and how the implementation is done though.

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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #18 on: April 13, 2015, 10:22:49 AM »
Quote from: ChristianM80 on April 13, 2015, 09:18:27 AM
Thankyou...

I also try to find period images of the posters.



Thanks a lot for sharing that image. You might have changed my mind about collecting these posters. As unsettling and upsetting they might be for me, I see why it would be important to preserve them. It is our history after all. Good for you for putting these images and posters together.

Thanks again

R

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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #19 on: April 13, 2015, 05:40:24 PM »
Thankyou.. thumbup

Not really a hard time in importing them here in Australia as we have not banned any of the National Socialist imagery.

Although I did return a poster to a dealer in Germany that turned out to be a reproduction and that was held up over
there in customs for 5 - 6 weeks... eyeroll  They have some big name militaria dealers over there that can easily sell
the stuff, although bringing it back into Germany is problematic.......for obvious reasons.


Quote from: Crazy Vick on April 13, 2015, 09:40:03 AM
Hi Christian.  I love the posters - do you have a hard time importing/exporting/selling them because of the swastika images, etc?  I know there are national regulations against that sort of thing in some countries, not sure how extensive and how the implementation is done though.


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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #20 on: April 13, 2015, 05:42:28 PM »
That is precisely why I do it....For the love of history and wanting to preserve as many of these as possible.

Since I was young I had always been fascinated by the propaganda poster artworks, although I had not idea
I would one day own an original, let alone the amount I have acquired...

Quote from: Mirosae on April 13, 2015, 10:22:49 AM
Thanks a lot for sharing that image. You might have changed my mind about collecting these posters. As unsettling and upsetting they might be for me, I see why it would be important to preserve them. It is our history after all. Good for you for putting these images and posters together.

Thanks again

R

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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #21 on: April 13, 2015, 08:36:51 PM »
This one is the biggest I have in terms of Propaganda Posters (I have several large film posters also)...

It measures in at 154cm x 119.5cm.........A real wall filler!!!! and the colours just pop! I love it...

It was also one of, if not the cheapest poster I have acquired. Not many competitors at the auction thankfully. :)



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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #22 on: April 14, 2015, 04:43:28 AM »
Quote from: ChristianM80 on April 13, 2015, 08:36:51 PM
It measures in at 154cm x 119.5cm.........A real wall filler!!!!

This size is known around these parts as a Thierry hates "French Grande"

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« Reply #23 on: April 14, 2015, 04:44:20 AM »
Nice posters for sure!  thumbsup.gif
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Re: Christian's Propaganda Poster Collection
« Reply #24 on: April 14, 2015, 12:12:53 PM »
Quote from: ChristianM80 on April 13, 2015, 08:36:51 PM
This one is the biggest I have in terms of Propaganda Posters (I have several large film posters also)...

It measures in at 154cm x 119.5cm.........A real wall filler!!!! and the colours just pop! I love it...

It was also one of, if not the cheapest poster I have acquired. Not many competitors at the auction thankfully. :)






I just saw this thread for the first time now... as I was browsing your collection above this is the one that really jumped out at me.  I was pleased to see you call it out below.  It's arresting for sure -- I can only imagine more so in person. 

I have a few WWII propaganda posters, anti-US/capitalism and anti-Bolshevic posters.  I'll see if I can dig some up...
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