Description
A British recruiting poster depicting a Chelsea pensioner, in uniform, shaking the hand of a young soldier in uniform while enlistees march behind an officer in the background. The poster is accompanied by the text "Good Bye, lad. I only wish I were young enough to go with you! ENLIST NOW!". This form of propaganda was highly effective as it instilled a sense of pride in the younger men for enlisting in the British Army.
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Accession Number
ARTV04894
Printer
Straker Brothers Ltd
Publisher
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Physical Description
Medium: photolithograph
Credit Line
presented by W Gordon Sprigg 1937 (File 12/5/318)
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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