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Description Das perfide Albion, 1915 – front cover (cropped).jpg |
British English:
Caricature on the front of German First World War-aera anti-British propaganda pamphlet:
Das perfide Albion
by Albert Geiser. The colour cartoon shows the United Kingdom as "
perfidious Albion
" – personified with British military kilt,
sporran
,
tunic
, and
glengarry
– wading through a sea of blood to carry off
Mercury
's
caduceus
(a symbol of commerce) and a sack marked "£" (
pounds sterling
) and "
ALBION
GmbH".
GmbH= Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung , a phrase approximating the British "Ltd" ( private limited company ) or the American "LLC" ( limited liability company ). № 124 in the Volksbücher der Geschichte (" People's Books of History ") series. |
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Das perfide Albion
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Author | Alfred Geiser (1868–1937) | |||
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