Germany Before World War II

Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm I.

WWI-era German goblet and plate.

German Tapestry: With God For King and Fatherland.

The Iron Cross, a symbol of Germany in World War I.

Barbed wire posts, taken from the World War I battlefield at Ypres

World War I painting by Felix Schwormstaedt, one of Germany's leading illustrators during the Great War

Some of many death notices displayed of German soldiers killed in World War I.

The Versailles Treaty, which ended World War I and laid the foundation for World War II. The Museum has an original copy of the Treaty, and the silver fountain pen used by the British delegation to sign the treaty.

Autograph photo showing British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, French Premier Georges Clemenceau, and United States President Woodrow Wilson at Versailles in 1919.

Frei Korps insignia and badges

Frei Korps uniform

Poster of Paul von Hindenburg, WWI General and later President of Germany.

Painting of the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg

Posters from the Spanish Civil War.

Poster of President Paul von Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler