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‘Germany: Defender of Civilization. Against the Barbarian Host’, and shows Germania, who personifies Germany and who hides her face in fear or horror while standing under the word ‘Civilization’. She is surrounded by German soldiers who defend her in all directions against attackers on all sides. The attackers include Russia, in the shape of a bear, with Cossack troops shooting at Germania, a portly business man who represents Britain, and who is accompanied by an Indian and a colonial soldier shooting at the Germans, and a French general who fights alongside two African soldiers depicted near-naked and who are shooting at Germania.