The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
British First World War anti-German propaganda poster. One of a series produced featuring illustrations by British cartoonist David W F B Wilson (1873-1935) . It contains two images. The first positioned in the centre left is a depiction of a peaceful village scene in England which is in direct contrast to the image in the centre right of a war torn scene in Belgium. Each image is framed within a black border. The title is positioned centre top printed in black ink . Other text printed in black and red ink is positioned beneath each image and across the bottom. The images and text are set against a white background. Appealing to eligibles it implores them to stop what happened in Belgium from happening in England. To protect their homes, women and children by enlisting to refresh British Troops already at the front. David Wilson was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and painter. He had his first cartoon published in the 'Daily Chronicle' in 1895. In 1899 he began contributing a regular full-page caricature to 'The Magpie', another Belfast weekly. He contributed 55 cartoons to 'Punch', including Boer War material, between 1900 and 1933. From 1910 to 1916 he was chief cartoonist for The Graphic, and from 1912 his cartoons appeared regularly in the 'Daily Chronicle'. He illustrated several Anti-German propaganda posters for the British government during the First World War.
First World War American Red Cross Society poster promoting membership in the lead up to the Christmas Roll Call in 1918. It features a black and white portrait of Woodrow Wilson in the upper two thir
British First World War poster urging the viewer to be thrifty and salvage anything they can to help the war effort. It features a cartoon of a smiling British soldier sitting on a chest mending his t
British First World War poster issued by the National War Savings Committee to promote the sale of War Bonds. It features a depiction of a shell burst in the centre right. The title text is positione
First World War recruitment poster for the United States Army. The central image is of two mounted soldiers carrying flags. The flag in the foreground being the Stars and Stripes. The image is set wit
Example of German propaganda dropped from a balloon over Messines on 5 December 1917. It is a leaflet printed in black ink. The title ' Great Victory of the German Troops over the Italians' is positio
First World War poster issued by the United States Department of Labour promoting the services of the Bureau for Returning Soldiers and Sailors. It features a central image set within a black border o