To the Victor Belong the Spoils

Harding, George Matthews · 1918

Crayon sketch on paper of two American soldiers and a German prisoner standing next to a large pile of looted objects. The American soldier on the left is carrying a rabbit and mauser rifle while smoking a German pipe. The German prisoner in the middle is wearing a camouflaged helmet and smoking a cigarette. The American soldier at right is wearing a German feld miitze (field cap) under his helmet, holding a violin and a mauser rifle, and smoking a German pipe. At left is a large pile of looted objects, the spoils of war, including a mauser rifle with wooden holster, a pickelhaube, a feld miitze, a gas mask, a German stick grenade, books, and candlesticks. Signed at center left by the artist, "Geo. Harding AEF."