Kukryniksy
(Russian, founded 1924)
Aleksandr Alekseevich Zharov
(Born Semenovskaia, 1904; died Moscow, 1984)

Gustav and the Military Code, TASS No. 0682, March 18, 1943

Stencil
2085 x 865 mm
Having become a wind-up Fritz,
Relying wholly on the code,
Across fields and ravines,
Gustav goose-stepped about.

But when his path diverged
From the code’s fine print,
Nothing at all
Was left of Gustav...
Ne boltai! Collection, Obj: 205784