Do you want to be serfs of the Hun?.... : Enlist to-day! Accession Number: ARTV05660

Description

Australian First World War recruitment poster printed in North Queensland. Text only printed in red ink top to bottom it encourages potential recruits to fight for Australia to avoid becoming ' Serfs of the Hun'. Full text reads: 'DO YOU WANT TO BE SERFS OF THE HUN? We Didn't START the War! But if we do not Finish it GOOD-BYE AUSTRALIA. WIN THE WAR And Mould the Destiny of Australia. Nothing matters now, but to save Australia to the Australians. Lose the War and you become a BACK NUMBER. - You are a SOVEREIGN PEOPLE! If you fail to stop the Hun Stampede, you become a subject people. Centuries ago Attila threatened Europe. To-day, William Hohenzollem threatens the Civilized World. To-Day You are asked to Fight for Australia As Free Men Fighting for Freedom. If the Allies fail, you will become the Galley slaves of the Teuton. ENLIST TO-DAY!'

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Accession Number
ARTV05660
Publisher
Unknown
Artist
Unknown
Printer
T. Willmett & Sons, Ltd.
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
sheet: 86.4 x 57.8 cm
Overall: 89.8 cm x 60 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
1914-1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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