Cartoon, The merry widow, WW1

Cartoon, The merry widow (a reference to the operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar), showing an exhausted woman representing Austria being danced off her feet by an Italian carabiniere. He tells her to save some of her strength for the Russian Bear who is coming for the next waltz

Allegorical Austro Baionnette Bracelets Carabinieri Eagles Exhausted Grinning Lehar Operetta Save Symbolism Tired Tiring Waltz

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