Last Will and Testament of the Kaiser

Spurious and satirical document purporting to be the 'last will and testament of the Kaiser super-swanker and ruler of the sausage eaters.' Printed on blue paper folded into three the will, is supposedly made by the German leader Kaiser Wilhelm in his despair 'on Realising that the end is near.' The document sets out the Kaiser's bequests including 'To Russia I give Turkey, for the Czar's Christmas dinner, 'To the British Museum I leave my famous moustaches, souvenir of the greatest swanker in this or any other age', 'To Mrs Pankhurst and the wild women I leave my mailed fist, they'll find it useful, no doubt, when they resume their militant tactics'. The reference to the Suffragettes indicates that, despite the suffragette militancy on the outbreak of war the campaign was still a topical issue in London when this document was published in September 1914.
The will was purchased by Ernest King for one penny (1d) from a London street trader on 12th September 1914. War with Germany was declared on 4th August 1914 and, within one month satirical souvenirs personally attacking the Kaiser such as this appeared for sale on London's streets. Such souvenirs, mass produced and sold for a penny, capitalised on the public mood of patrioticsm that seized London on the outbreak of war and mocked and satirised the Kaiser with the misplaced confidence that he would soon be defeated.