Lend your five shillings to your country and crush the Germans Accession Number: ARTV00931

Description

British First World War poster promoting the sale of a war loan. It features a central image of a giant silver five shilling piece crushing a German soldier. The title printed in red is positioned above and below the image. Both the image and text are set against a pale brown background within a black border.

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Accession Number
ARTV00931
Publisher
Parliamentary War Savings Committee
Artist
D D P
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Overall: 76 cm x 50.8 cm
Medium
photolithograph
Date Made
1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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