Judge — May 25, 1918 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a satirical illustration from *Judge* magazine titled "Arrival of the First Consignment of Hun Souvenirs." The cartoon depicts a chaotic marketplace scene where German military equipment and war materiel—presumably captured from WWI combat—are being auctioned or sold to American civilians as novelty items. The "Huns" refers to derogatory wartime terminology for Germans. The satire mocks American commercialism and opportunism: rather than treating captured enemy weapons as serious military artifacts, they're being packaged as souvenirs for public consumption, complete with crowds eagerly bidding on cannons, tanks, and military vehicles. The illustrated crowd and carnival-like atmosphere emphasize the absurdity of treating instruments of death as entertainment commodities. The cartoon likely critiques post-war profiteering and American consumer culture's transformation of warfare into spectacle.