Collection items

A Black Yellow Cross stamp, sold to raise money fo...

Stamp, Philatelic item - Stamp

These stamps, which only measure a few centimetres, were used to seal and label written correspondence, but were also a ...

And you? Sign the 7th war bonds! - Call for signin...

Poster, Illustration

In 1917 the Creditanstalt, the largest bank of the Danube monarchy and founded by the Austrian branch of the Rothschild...

Austrian poster advertising the '8th war bonds'

Poster, Illustration

The eighth Austrian war bond, or loan, from May 1918, was also the last. A ninth war bond was planned for the autumn of...

Captured Italians in Resiutta

Photograph

These are captured Italian soldiers in Resiutta, east of Tolmezzo in the Veneto region of Italy. The picture was probabl...

Done by the enemy! - child's drawing

Drawing

This detailed drawing by a child called Hubert, who was probably about 13 years old, shows the destruction of an unknown...

Empress Zita Children’s day stamp, 1917

Photograph

Money from the sale of this stamp was used for charitable causes. In this case, Empress Zita was collecting for her ‘chi...

Every lady should wear the Black-and-Yellow Cross...

Illustration

This small graphic is the crest of the Black Yellow Cross, an organisation particularly active in collecting donations f...

Poster and bag for the collection of women's hair

Poster

Raw materials became scarce during World War One, which forced industries to find substitutes. For this reason oil was e...

School essay written by a student about a fictitio...

Essay, Drawing, Manuscript

In his story ‘How I made a nightly attack on London with my Zeppelin’, the schoolboy I Biberl writes about being in a tr...

The King of Italy has declared war on me - Proclam...

Proclamation

This document is a proclamation from Emperor Franz Joseph I to the people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In April 1915,...

The proclamation of the abdication of Emperor Karl...

Proclamation

In November 1918, the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was unstoppable. Following the recommendation of govern...

The returning soldier - Poem by an 11 year old sch...

Poem, Manuscript

An 11-year-old schoolgirl, Anny Politzer, wrote this poem about a soldier returning to Vienna. He sees St Stephen’s Cath...

To my faithful Austrian people! Proclamation by Em...

Proclamation

Despite Austria-Hungary’s military successes in 1917, the dissolution of the monarchy in 1918 was unavoidable. Not only ...

To my people! Emperor Franz Joseph's proclamation...

Proclamation

In this key document relating to World War One, Emperor Franz Joseph I seeks for understanding among ‘His’ population fo...

To my people! Emperor Karl I’s Proclamation of 21...

Proclamation

On 21 November 1916, Emperor Franz Joseph I died. Karl Franz Joseph, the grandson of his brother Ludwig, became his succ...