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(WORLD WAR I) - “Austro-Russki Zeppelin.”. Text in Russian. 20.5 x 28.5 inches (52.1 x 72.4 cm). Laid down. Russia, c. 1915 The poster depicts representatives of Russia’s varied classes and ethnic groups (including a Hassidic Jew) surveying a downed German zeppelin and its enemy crew. To the right below, a poem taunts Austria and Germany, the last lines reading: “Two friends with a like mind, two villains. Despite all their threats, their dreams will not be realized.”