Don't help the enemy Accession Number: ARTV07511

Description

British Second World War poster cautioning against the danger of careless talk. In the top centre is a symbol of the British Crown, with the title in white lettering below this and the message in white lettering in the lower half of the poster. This is one of a series of 'careless talk' posters commissioned by the British Government during the Second World War. It was among the first posters issued by the Ministry of Information soon after war was declared in September 1939. By the end of the month 75,000 were being issued daily.

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Accession Number
ARTV07511
Artist
Unknown
Printer
Unknown
Publisher
British Government
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Overall: 50.5 cm x 37.8 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
c. 1939-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Transferred from the AWM Research Centre 1979
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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