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Nail Men or Men of Nails (German: Nagelmänner) were a form of propaganda and fundraising for members of the armed forces and their dependents in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire in World War I. They consisted of wooden statues (usually of knights in armour) into which nails were driven, either iron (black), or coloured silver or gold, in exchange for donations of different amounts. Some took different forms, including pillars, shields or local coats of arms and crosses, especially the Iron Cross, and in German there are a variety of alternate names for them, including Wehrmann in Eisen or eiserner Wehrmann (Iron Guardian), Nagelfigur, Nagelbild or Nagelbrett (Nail Figure or Nail Board), Wehrschild (Defence Shield) and Kriegswahrzeichen (War Monument). The most famous were

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  • Kriegsnagelungen (de)
  • Nail Men (en)
  • Железный воин (ru)
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  • Als Kriegsnagelungen werden hunderte von Aktionen in Österreich-Ungarn und im Deutschen Kaiserreich bezeichnet, bei denen während des Ersten Weltkriegs gegen eine Spende ein Nagel in ein dafür aufgestelltes hölzernes Objekt eingeschlagen wurde. (de)
  • Nail Men or Men of Nails (German: Nagelmänner) were a form of propaganda and fundraising for members of the armed forces and their dependents in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire in World War I. They consisted of wooden statues (usually of knights in armour) into which nails were driven, either iron (black), or coloured silver or gold, in exchange for donations of different amounts. Some took different forms, including pillars, shields or local coats of arms and crosses, especially the Iron Cross, and in German there are a variety of alternate names for them, including Wehrmann in Eisen or eiserner Wehrmann (Iron Guardian), Nagelfigur, Nagelbild or Nagelbrett (Nail Figure or Nail Board), Wehrschild (Defence Shield) and Kriegswahrzeichen (War Monument). The most famous were (en)
  • «Железный воин» («Воин в железе», «Воин из гвоздей», нем. Wehrmann in Eisen, Nagelmann) — деревянные скульптуры, использовавшиеся в пропагандистских целях в Германской империи и Австро-Венгрии для сбора средств на военные нужды в годы Первой мировой войны. (ru)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eiserner_Hindenburg_(cropped).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nagelbuch_Mannheim_1916.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oswald_von_Wolkenstein_JB_Moroder.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RathaustuerKornwestheim.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StadtmuseumErfurt_Nagelkreuz1914.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wehrmann_in_Eisen_9931.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wehrschild.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wettnageln_bei_einer_Hochzeit.jpg
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