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 ...

'After Nish' in Prokuplje, photograph of an Albani...

Photograph

This photograph, by Russian war photographer and artist Samson Tchernof, shows one of the checkpoints the Serbian army p...

Algerian Company Liberation Loan poster

Poster, Illustration

War Loans This French colour lithographic poster promotes the ‘Liberation loan’ of 1918, the final year of the war. War...

Arch-enemy, a Russian poster

Poster, Illustration

In World War One, for the first time, whole nations and not merely professional armies were in mortal combat. Propaganda...

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...

Before Antwerp 1914: the Battle of Dendermonde

Postcard, Illustration

This postcard shows soldiers fighting in Dendermonde. The Belgian cities of Dendermonde and Leuven (Louvain) were some o...

Belgian soldiers defending Barchon, Liege in Belgi...

Postcard, Photograph

At the beginning of August 1914, the German army marched on Liège in Belgium. Barchon is a Belgian village in the...

Belgians are you ready?

Postcard, Illustration

This illustration shows a confrontation between a rooster (symbol of Wallonia, the southern French-speaking region of Be...

Booklet 'Women's effort in war time'

Booklet, Illustration

The title of this booklet translates as ‘women’s effort in wartime’, published by the European Fashion Journal. It conta...

Brussels Water Supply Map

Map

From August 1914 Belgium and its population was under German military occupation. The occupation was particularly contro...

Bryce report: Committee on alleged German outrages

Report

Germany invaded neutral Belgium on 4 August 1914. Their armies killed 6,500 civilians there and in northern France that ...

Children and the War - a book for young people

Book, Illustration, Children's book

This is a book of readings addressed to young people, to be used at school. It is part of the Bemporad Library for Boys,...

Children imitating soldiers

Photograph

This photograph shows children imitating soldiers, carrying swords and shields and lining up as if for a military drill....

Cook book for the trenches

Book, Drawing

Today’s men are often able to cook well, partly as a result of the emancipation process and changes to role perceptions ...

Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?

Poster, Illustration

Britain’s army at the beginning of the First World War was relatively small and professional. There was no conscription ...