The postcard pictured is an example of propaganda material that promoted war service as a heroic sacrifice for the Fatherland. The figure of Germania as the embodiment of Germany stands at the grave of a fallen soldier holding a victor’s crown symbolizing the glorious and victorious battle. The German Eagle descends to deliver the Iron Cross. This military honor, of which there were three classes, had been awarded in Prussia since 1813 as the highest military decoration. On orders by Kaiser Wilhelm II, however, the Iron Cross was awarded so frequently during the First World War (more than 5 million times) that it lost its significance. Propaganda imagery in which female figures represented the nation, victory, or specific virtues were very common during the First World War. The poem, which glorifies the numerous war dead who had to be buried in makeshift graves in the war zone, was written by Josef Benno Sailer.