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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Home of an Italian family in Veneto

Photograph

The official pictures of the occupied territories by the Imperial and Royal War Press Bureau are dominated by images of...

Mechanical apparatus for cubital joints

Book, Photograph

The aim of the medical care given to wounded and sick soldiers near the front was to make them well enough to return to...

Photograph 'Unloading of a horse in Tschanak Kale...

Photograph

Supplying the army with goods required logistical effort, support from the private sector and a lot of staff. It was und...

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...

Returned local inhabitants cultivating a field in...

Photograph

This image shows an unploughed field in May 1918 in Gorizia, Italy, the former Isonzo battlefields. Pictured are a man,...

Street fight - child's drawing

Drawing

This pencil drawing is entitled ‘straszenkampf’, street fight. It is by a student probably named Villefort and depicts a...

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...