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Les victimes du Taube. First edition of the poster.
Published by Paris: 1915, 1915
Art / Print / Poster
Condition: Good. Reproduction d'une aquarelle de A. de Broca intitulée "Les victimes du Taube", parue dans l'Illustration" . 58.5 x 39.5cm.The Taube (dove) was developed by Igo Etrich from Austria in 1909 with the first flight in 1910. It was initially called the Etrich Taube. The design was licensed for serial production by Lohner in Austria and Rumpler in Germany where it was called the Etrich-Rumpler-Taube. However Rumpler soon changed the name to Rumpler-Taube and stopped paying royalties to Etrich. Etrich subsequently abandoned his patent. The first hostile engagement for the plane was an Italian Taube in 1911 in Libya, with the pilots using pistols and dropping 4-lb bombs. It was also used in bombing runs in the Balkans the same year.The Taube's wing design was originally based on the zanonia tree seed pod, which drifts through the air for great distance.The Taube was the first plane to bomb Paris on August 30, 1914. The bird-like Rumpler-Taube sailed over Paris for nearly an hour with a load of 3 small 6-lb bombs and 3 message containers. When the bombs were finally dropped, surprised Parisians thought that a gas explosion had struck the heart of the city. Two Germans in the cockpit - the pilot and an observer - had invaded Paris and with each bomb dropped came a weighted message, attached to a 7-foot banner, in German colors. The message - "The German Army stands before the gates of Paris. You have no choice but to surrender." One aircraft became notorious as the "Five-O'clock-Taube", an irritatingly regular visitor over the skies above Paris, dropping its 6-lb bombs, leaflets and regular demands for the city's immediate surrender. City dwellers would sit in the outdoor restaurants and bars, making bets as to where the 6-lb bombs would fall.
