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Title	A Rendre Strasbourg à la France [Return Strasbourg to France]
Collection	Imperial War Museum: Posters of Conflict - The Visual Culture of Public Information and Counter Information
Artist	Hansi
Printer	I Lapina Imprimerie, Paris
Creator Date Of Birth	23 Feb 1873
Creator Date Of Death	10-Jul-51
Date	1917
Concept	architecture, children, costume / fashion, cityscape, civilian effort, civilian morale, flag / banner / standard, military personnel, war loans / savings
Description	whole: the image occupies the whole, with title placed along the bottom left, within a yellow box. Further text is positioned top right, within a light purple box. image: the French Army, headed by children in traditional Alsatian dress, march into the centre of Strasbourg. Tricolores fly from the rooves and the cathedral. In the foreground right two Germans flee the scene. text: SOUSCRIVEZ TOUS AU 3e EMPRUNT de la DÉFENSE NATIONALE VOUS AIDEREZ NOS HÉROÏQUES SOLDATS A RENDRE STRASBOURG A LA FRANCE HANSI LAPINA. IMP. PARIS [All subscribe to the Third National Defence Loan. You will help our heroic soldiers return Strasbourg to France.]
Object	flag, rifle, drum, church
Id Number Current Accession	IWM PST 4311
Location Creation Site	France
Measurements Dimensions	345 mm x 274 mm
Format Series Notes	The same image was used in PST 4313 and PST 5280.
Event	WW1 French 3rd National Defence Loan, WW1 French Home Front
Related Country	France FR, Germany (pre 1945 and post 1990) DE
Text Language	French
Rights	Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders and gain permission for use of the images within this collection. We would be grateful for any information concerning copyright and will withdraw images immediately on copyright holder’s request.
Style Period Period	1914-1918
Work Type	poster