Baionnette Collection

Cartoon, Charles I and the chamberlain, WW1
Cartoon, Charles I and the chamberlain. Charles I of Austria (Karl Franz Joseph Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Marie, 1887-1922), who succeeded Emperor Franz Joseph in 1916, seen here on his throne

Front cover, La Baionnette, WW1
Front cover design for La Baionnette, an issue for Christmas, showing a French soldier on the Western Front finding the baby Jesus in a crate marked Fragile. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Waitress, WW1
Cartoon, Waitress, showing a pretty young woman in a white apron serving a beer to a French soldier in uniform. Date: 1915

La Baionnette' Every Thursday. Periodical mainly for French frontline soldiers in World War I
528432 La Baionnette' Every Thursday. Periodical mainly for French frontline soldiers in World War I. Skelton in German uniform showing what is behind the Kaiser's mask

The Leninist flag with the Chinese communist, 1931 (poster)
2069733 The Leninist flag with the Chinese communist, 1931 (poster); (add.info.: History. China. The soviet leninist flag (USSR, Russia) with the Chinese Communists

Cartoon, At the camp of Maurice de Saxe (1745). Elegant ladies of the theatre step out of a carriage and are kissed on the hand by the French general and Marshal of France

Cartoon, The Last of the Last Lines, WW1
Cartoon, The Last of the Last Lines. Showing a scarecrow version of Paul von Hindenburg holding a sword, with Kaiser Wilhelm and the Crown Prince on the right

Cartoon, The Merry Widows, WW1
Cartoon, The Merry Widows. A reference to the operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar, showing widows of the First World War in a cafe looking anything but merry

Cartoon, A Specialist, WW1
Cartoon, A Specialist. A group of GVC (Gardes-Voies et Communications) soldier are talking. The corporal tells a guard to keep an eye on ouvrages d'art

Cartoon, Reckoning without their host, WW1
Cartoon, Reckoning without their host. Defeated at Verdun, Germany, Prussia and Death walk away despondently. A smiling French soldier in the background says they had everything planned

Cartoon, Bread and Circuses, WW1
Cartoon, Bread and Circuses. The figure of Death kneels by his broken sword. He says he's done enough now, and would like some bread to eat. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Now you have peace, WW1
Cartoon, a figure of death says: Your wishes are granted, now you have peace. A silhouette of Kaiser Wilhelm hangs from a gibbet, with a flock of vultures gathering around his body. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Kaiser Carnival and his cortege, WW1
Cartoon, Kaiser Carnival and his cortege, showing Kaiser Wilhelm being carried along on a float, with various figures around him, including Death, a spy, a sorceress

Cartoon, A good idea, WW1
Cartoon, A good idea. A French soldier says he has asked his father to write to say he is dead: that way, he will be able to get leave of absence from the Front. Date: 1916

Cartoon, German women in uniform, WW1
Cartoon, plump German women in uniform, one of them causing a horse to collapse under her weight, and another two who have just been called the last bastions of the empire. Date: 1916

Soldiers of Panama, engraving after a drawing by Pranishnikoff, to illustrate the story Exploration at the isthms of
LSE4332235 Soldiers of Panama, engraving after a drawing by Pranishnikoff, to illustrate the story Exploration at the isthms of Panama and Darien, by A

First World War (1914-1918): "Charge a la baionette en septembre 1914"Painting by Lucien Hector
JLJ4647007 First World War (1914-1918): " Charge a la baionette en septembre 1914" Painting by Lucien Hector (Lucien-Hector) Jonas (1880 -1947) 1914 Paris

Escrime a la Baionnette (coloured photo)
3623636 Escrime a la Baionnette (coloured photo) by French Photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Escrime a la Baionnette)

Soldier of the French Guards, 18th century - Lithography based on an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard
FLO4616863 Soldier of the French Guards, 18th century - Lithography based on an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard (1825-1902), from " Costumes historiques des 16e

En Avant, a la Baionnette! (coloured photo)
3623497 En Avant, a la Baionnette! (coloured photo) by French Photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: En Avant, a la Baionnette!)

The General Pierre Augereau (1757-1816) leading the charge to the attack on the Pont
JLJ4599643 The General Pierre Augereau (1757-1816) leading the charge to the attack on the Pont d Arcole on November 15, 1796 (followed by the drum Andre Estienne)

L Armee Russe: Escrime a la baionnette (b / w photo)
6022645 L Armee Russe: Escrime a la baionnette (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Escrime a la baionnette)

Advertisement for "La Baionnette", c. 1914 (colour litho)
1199856 Advertisement for " La BaAOonnette", c.1914 (colour litho) by Iribe, Paul (1883-1935); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Cartoon, The good trader. A salesman of food and other items offers a French soldier some Camembert cheese for a much lower price if he will say where the 20th Corps is

Cartoon, Two German spies. Two fat men at a table laden with food agree that its worth being spies and risking their lives, when they can eat so well. 1916

Cartoon, Hunting season. At a French border post, two German officers ask two French soldiers if the hunting season is in progress hereabouts. 1916

Front cover, La Baionnette, WW1
Front cover design, La Baionnette, an issue focusing on the Americans, showing a symbolic image of the American war machine, with soldiers pouring out of it to support the Allied cause. Date: 1918

Clemenceau as a tiger, mauling Germany, an eagle
Cartoon on the cover of La Baionnette depicting the French Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau, as a tiger and Germany, an eagle, as his prey

Cartoon, Two French soldiers in a trench, WW1
Cartoon, Two French soldiers in a trench discuss the sending of gifts and mascots to the Western Front. (They themselves don t appear to have any.) Date: 1917

Cartoon, French and German soldiers, WW1
Cartoon, French and German soldiers. A French soldier sticks a bayonet into a German soldier, telling him that he has sung the socialist Internationale for twenty years

Cartoon, After the explosion, WW1
Cartoon, After the explosion. A naive new recruit in a trench on the Western Front comments that these shells break as soon as they hit the ground! Date: 1916

Cartoon, Entente cordiale, WW1
Cartoon, Entente cordiale. A pretty French woman tells a friendly British soldier to be sure to send her some postcards as soon as he eventually arrives at Tipperary. Date: 1916

Cartoon, In the trench club, WW1
Cartoon, In the trench club. Some French soldiers are playing cards for money in their trench when an explosion goes off nearby

Cartoon, Family man, WW1
Cartoon, Family man. A middle aged French soldier reprimands a young German soldier for shooting at him. He says if he didn t have a boy of his age, he would give him a couple of slaps. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Holy France! WW1
Cartoon, Holy France! A middle-aged soldier tells his colleague about his son, who is almost grown up at fifteen. He says that if someone in his family has to take a hit

Cartoon, Two Horses, WW1
Cartoon, Two Horses on the Western Front, hearing explosions. One horse asks the other: Doesn t all this noise scare you? The other horse replies: No, I m used to it

Cartoon, Pilot falling from plane, WW1
Cartoon, a German pilot falls from his plane towards an airfield below. He doesn t appear to have a parachute, but he feels fortunate to have his little dog mascot with him. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and a fortune teller, WW1
Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm goes to consult a fortune teller to find out when the war will end. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Enigma, WW1
Cartoon, Enigma. A French soldier says he doesn t understand it -- hes drunk nothing but Pinard (cheap wine or plonk) since the war started, and now hes got water on the knee! Date: 1916

Cartoon, The Kaisers dream, WW1
Cartoon, The Kaisers dream (or nightmare) after losing at Verdun -- a ginger-haired angel holding a rabbit. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Epiphany 1916, WW1
Cartoon, Epiphany 1916, illustrating a contemporary version of a childrens song about the Three Kings. Here, the three kings are from Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria

Cartoon, soldier reunited with mother, WW1
Cartoon, showing a French soldier reunited with his mother, telling her not to worry, he is not injured in any part of his body. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Women also profiteer, WW1
Cartoon, Women also profiteer. Showing how women are also profiting from the war, either by socialising with servicemen or selling them expensive flowers, food and drink. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut, WW1
Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut -- a new take on a fable of Aesop during the First World War, where the fox will never be able to get the crow to open his mouth and drop the nice piece of cheese

Cartoon, Espionage? Snooping? WW1
Cartoon, Espionage? Snooping? A German couple and their daughter go for an innocent country walk, but gradually metamorphose into a concrete platform, a camera and a telephone! Date: 1915

Cartoon, German women also Uber Alles, WW1
Cartoon, German women are also Uber Alles. Six scenes depicting German women and their influence on everyday life. Date: 1916

Cartoon, The Bulgarian Cad, WW1
Cartoon, The Bulgarian Cad (with a pun on his large nose), showing King Ferdinand of Bulgaria admiring himself in a hand mirror. Date: 1915

Cartoon, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Judas, WW1
Cartoon, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Judas, both seen as betrayers. Judas hanged himself in remorse after betraying Christ, and he now offers Ferdinand a rope for him to do the same. Date: 1915

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"Baionnette: A Comic Chronicle of WW1" Step into the world of "La Baionnette, " a satirical magazine that captured the essence of World War 1 through its clever cartoons and witty captions. From front covers to hilarious sketches, this publication brought humor to the darkest times. In one cartoon, a waitress juggles plates while soldiers with bayonets march past her. The juxtaposition of everyday life and war highlights the surreal nature of wartime existence. On another front cover, we see Wilhelm II holding a baionnette labeled "16. " This symbolic image represents the power struggle between nations during this tumultuous era. "The Last of the Last Lines" depicts exhausted soldiers standing on an empty battlefield, emphasizing both their resilience and the devastating toll war takes on individuals. "The Merry Widows" cartoon portrays women dressed in black mourning attire, showcasing how war leaves behind countless grieving families who have lost their loved ones. "A Specialist" pokes fun at military bureaucracy as it shows an officer with numerous medals but no practical skills. It reflects the absurdity often found within hierarchical structures during wartime. In "Reckoning without their host, " soldiers are depicted as parasites feeding off a helpless host - society. This biting satire criticizes those who profit from conflict while others suffer its consequences. "Bread and Circuses" illustrates how governments distract citizens from harsh realities by providing superficial entertainment amidst chaos. It questions whether peace can truly be achieved through such means. "Now you have peace" showcases a soldier returning home only to face unemployment and poverty – highlighting that peace does not automatically bring prosperity for all involved in war efforts. The "Kaiser Carnival and his cortege" mocks Kaiser Wilhelm II's extravagant lifestyle amid widespread suffering caused by his decisions. It exposes leaders' detachment from reality during times of crisis. Finally, "A good idea" presents a humorous take on innovative weaponry development during WW1.