Edith Cavell World War I Propaganda Label

United Kingdom · 1916 · None

This propaganda label features a portrait of British nurse Edith Cavell, accompanied by the stark text 'REMEMBER EDITH CAVELL' and 'MURDERED BY GERMANS OCT 12 1915'. It was produced during World War I to serve as a powerful symbol of Allied outrage and to rally public support against Germany.

Edith Cavell was a British nurse executed by a German firing squad in 1915 for treason, having helped hundreds of Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. Her execution sparked international condemnation and was widely used by Allied propaganda to portray Germany as barbaric, making her a martyr and a symbol of wartime atrocity.