Münchner Kriegsblätter Ur-Steindrucke deutscher Künstler Michel und seine Nachbarn II von Bruno Goldschmitt - München / Bruno Goldschmitt, 1914 ; satz Knorr & Hirth ; Steindruck Hubert Köbler, München.

Print depicting the state of German affairs following August 1, 1914 (the date it entered the first World War), showing a gigantic male figure, representing Germany, wearing armor and holding a sword, with rows of well disciplined soldiers marching below toward the ruins of a building spewing smoke on the left. Flanking the upper half of the giant figure are a Russian bear with its mouth open in agony and mid-riff bones exposed, an aged, toothless and hairless British lion with a monkey, representing Japan, sitting in the loop of its tail, and on the left, a frightened Gallic cock representing France.

Signed and dated by artist on stone in lower left corner.
Includes information regarding publication and availability of the poster at the bottom of the sheet.
Stamped on verso: F.J.M. Rehse Archiv f. Zeitgeschichte u. Publizistik, München.