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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. By posing the simple question “And you?” the poster urges Germany’s citizens to do their part in restoring order to the Fatherland amidst the turbulence of the Weimar Republic.
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 the right-wing aesthetic, embodying pre-enlightenment ideals of masculinity, nobility, tradition, and martial valor.
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.
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.
Croatian propaganda poster from 1941 comparing Poglavnik (leader) Ante Pavelić and historical leaders of the nation, stretching back a millennia to the first king of Croatia. They are, in chronological order, King Tomislav, Demetrius Zvonimir, Ante Starčević and Stjepan Radić.