Type 93 Gas Mask
Japan was the only nation in the Second World War to employ biochemical warfare as part of its official military doctrine, resulting in a ghoulish aesthetic unique to the Sino-Japanese front.
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Uilenspiegel Calls You to the Waffen-SS
Flemish recruitment poster for the Waffen-SS featuring the character Tijl Uilenspiegel.
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Und Du?
A recruitment poster c. 1929 for the paramilitary veteran’s organization Der Stahlehm. Eyes obscured by the shadow cast by his helmet, the soldier’s austere gaze is set upon the reader. To the backdrop of the Imperial German tricolor, the reader is posed the simple question of “And you?”, urging Germany’s citizens to do their part for their Fatherland.
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Victory – The Grand Crusade Against Bolshevism
Propaganda poster from German-occupied France calling for a European crusade against Bolshevism. Note the lack of border between France and Germany.
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Victory – The Great European Crusade
Propaganda poster from German-occupied France, depicting a European knight riding forth valiantly, impaling a Bolshevik soldier propped up by figures representing Judeo-capitalism. Medieval romanticism and the imagery of knightly warriors are frequent motifs in nationalist aesthetics, embodying pre-enlightenment ideals of masculinity, nobility, tradition, and martial valor.
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We Want Ourselves a Country
“Vi vil oss et land” (lit. ‘We want ourselves a country’) is a well-known nationalist slogan in Norway, derived from a poem by Per Sivle.
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What Noway Was
A Norwegian poster calling on its citizens to each fulfill their duty in restoring their nation’s past glory.
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With the VNV for Our People
Propaganda poster by the Vlaams Nationaal Verbond (VNV), a catholic Flemish nationalist organization that sought secession from Belgium.
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With Your Comrades and the SS, You Shall Prevail!
A recruitment poster from occupied France calling on its inhabitants to join the Waffen-SS alongside their fellow European comrades.
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Yasukuni Sword
Katana forged in the fires of the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, within which are enshrined all fallen members of the Imperial Japanese armed forces. It is said that this blade is imbued with the spirits of these martyrs. Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, founded to honor the spirits of those who gave their lives in service to the Emperor. Amongst the enshrined 2.5 million names are 1,068 convicted war criminals, including several Class A war criminals. In 1933, the radical fascist Minister of War, General Sadao Araki founded the Nihon-tō Tanrenkai (Japanese Sword Forging Association) in the grounds of the shrine to preserve old forging methods and promote Japan’s samurai traditions, as well as to meet the huge demand for katanas which all military officers were mandated to carry.
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Alessandro Pavolini’s Dagger
Sleek silver plated dagger with its crossguard and blade forming a fasces, a widely used symbol in Fascism from which the ideology derives its name. Gifted to Alessandro Pavolini, secretary of the Republican Fascist Party who was noted for his uncompromising fanaticism that exceeded Mussolini’s. He is seen by historians as being one of the primary instigators of the Italian Civil War and one of the founders of the hardline Italian Social Republic.