Georges van Raemdonck (1888-1966)

'Mobilisatie slachtoffers. Kan niet meer mee doen. Weg er mee'. India ink with spot colour. 3-column illustration for De Notenkraker. 15 x 23 cm.

Print regarding the right to pensions for war invalids from the First world War. In 1920 Parliament carried a motion in which the government is called to award 'een jaarlijksche ondersteuning in evenredigheid tot hun verminderde arbeidsprestatie of inkomen' to victims or their widows. Instead of this social security, a one-time benefit is paid to evident cases. Many mobilisation victims then continued to live in squalor.