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Citat:Postcard published at the end of the First World War (1918) showing the injured Serbian lion trying to defend its cubs.
The flag is depicted behind, along with a chained wreath and a pedestal reading ‘Patrie’, or Homeland. Text at the top reads ‘Tempus et meum jus’ (Time and my right), the motto of the Serbian Obrenović royal dynasty. The postcard was published in Florence, Italy, in December 1918 according to text on the reverse, presumably commemorating Serbia’s wartime struggle. Serbia’s cause was championed in Entente propaganda throughout the war, depicting Serbia as a small and valiant nation battling Austro-Hungarian aggression. Serbia suffered enormous losses during the war, hence the imagery in this postcard.
The Obrenović dynasty had been overthrown in 1903, replaced by the Karađorđević dynasty. By December 1918, Peter Karađorđević, who took the throne in 1903 following the overthrow of Alexander I Obrenović, was King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later becoming the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). Maybe the use of the Obrenović motto here was a mistake on the artist’s part? [Link mogu videti samo ulogovani korisnici]
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