Reparations Collection

Parma was a four-masted steel-hulled barque which was built in 1902 as Arrow for the Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, London. In 1912 she was sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany

Ruhr Crisis / 1923
The French forcibly take coal from the Ruhr when Germany defaults on reparations

Spanish Consul demands Reparations for Insult
At Tampico, the Spanish consul demands reparations for insults against the Spanish nationality. A huge crowd of people are gathered outside a large building flying the Mexican flag

Limit of French Zone in the Ruhr
France extend their sphere of influence after German default in reparations - limit of French Zone in the Ruhr. 1923

The Reckoning
THE RECKONING. Pan German: Monstrous, I call it. Why, its fully a quarter of what WE would have made THEM pay if WE D won. Supposed German reaction to war reparations after the First World War

Squeezing Germany
The French squeeze Germany for reparations payments for the damage and destruction of World War One

Launch of the LZ-126 Zeppelin - USS Los Angeles
The USS Los Angeles - a rigid airship, designated ZR-3 (Construction number LZ-126), which was built in 19231924 by the Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen, Germany as war reparation

Zeppelin 126 Building
Zeppelin LZ-126 under construction. Next year she will be given to the United States as war reparations, and named Los Angeles Date: 1923

German Donkey / 1927
How much can the German donkey carry? A reference to Dawes Plan of economic aid designed to enable Germany to pay war reparations. Date: 1927

French Occupy the Ruhr
The French occupy the Ruhr to obtain reparations. Date: 1923

Hotel des Sports - Vouvray, France - Restaurant and Garage
Hotel des Sports - Vouvray, France - Restaurant, Family Pension (Hotel) and Automobile Garage! In my eyes, the phrase atelier de reparations has so much more style and charm than Motor Garage !

Hoover Plan / 1931
US President Hoover, Germanys knight in shining armour, eases her reparations burden by accepting a 1 year moratorium on debt. France is jealous. Date: 1931

YOUNG PLAN
Germany fettered by the Young Plan - an American scheme to enable Germany to make war reparations payments. 1929

SS Berengaria leaving Southampton for Jarrow, 1938
Photograph of the Cunard Liner Berengaria heading out of Southampton, with tugs, to head to Jarrow to be broken up, December 1938

Zeppelin Lz 126 (Zr3)
Zeppelin LZ-126 goes to USA as war reparations : before its departure it flies over Berlin during its test flight and drops a message in the Konigsplatz

STEAMSHIP LEVIATHAN
Atlantic liner of the United States Lines, formerly the Hamburg-Amerika liner Vaterland, made over as war reparations and reconditioned for 2 million (1924 value !"

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