Original Vintage Poster WWI Women In War Time Shells Postwoman
Original vintage World War One educational poster - 1915 Women in War-Time - featuring two illustrations with captions, the one above depicting ladies in green uniform and headscarves working at a munitions factory - Filling shells with explosives - and below showing a postal worker wearing a blue GPO General Post Office uniform walking past a red double decker bus with a conductress at the back waiting for a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) to board - A Postwoman a Bus Conductress and a member of the W.A.A.C. This poster would have been on display and used as a teaching aid at schools for history lessons. The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps WAAC was set up in 1917 to help with administrative and auxiliary work on a voluntary basis during WWI to free men for the front line and help on the home front; the WAAC continued in France after the war before being disbanded in 1921; many then joined the new Auxiliary Territorial Service ATS (1938-1949) during World War Two. Fair condition, pinholes, tape marks, staining, small paper loss. Size: 53x43
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Original Vintage Poster Support The Legacy Of Our Fallen Navy Men WWII
Original vintage World War Two poster - Support the legacy of our fallen Navy men / Steunt de nagelaten betrekkingen van onze gesneuvelde Marinemannen - featuring dramatic artwork by Jan Verhoeven (Johannes Cornelis Verhoeven; 1917-1997) depicting a military battle at sea showing a naval ship being bombed by German fighter planes at night, the explosion in yellows, reds and oranges against the grey black sky background with a red, white and blue flag of the Netherlands flying at the top of the mast and smoke rising from the ship's guns with the title and donation text below - Giro 172600 Comite Onze Marine Den Helder / Our Navy Committee. Good condition, folds, creasing, tears. Size: 52x39 Original Vintage Poster London Blitz Bombarded Street War Office WWII
Original vintage World War Two poster - Street Scenes Series Fig. 2 (to be viewed at 4-5 yards) - issued by the War Office and intended for rifle shooting directional training featuring artwork by Beric Young (1902-1963) depicting a war torn London street scene with damaged buildings and broken windows, fallen pylons, a tank under rubble from a bank, a double decker bus on its side and an ambulance crashed into a bomb crater in the road, the colourful image including trees, factories and chimneys, a Co-Op Cooperative Stores shop and a hospital on the hills in the background, London Underground stations and a clock tower in the centre, a teashop, church spire, camouflage tank, railway train signals and a Have A Drink Now advertising clock. Figure 2 of the series crown copyright reserved. Printed by J. Weiner Ltd London. Horizontal. Large size. Good condition, restored tears, minor staining, backed on linen. Size: 61x152 Original Vintage Poster Zwarte Markt Black Market Theft WWII
Original vintage World War Two poster - Black market is a robbery Do not order your compatriots Equal distribution for all / Zwarte markt is roof! Besteelt niet uw landgenooten gelijke verdeeling voor allen! Dynamic design by the notable British artist Pat Keely (Patrick Cokayne Keely; 1901-1970) depicting a rat eating grain from a hole in a sack being watched by eyes in the dark, a Nazi Germany swastika flag, the flag of the National Socialist Movement of the Netherlands and the flag of Imperial Japan on its tail above the bold warning text. Printed in England by James Haworth & Brother, London. Good condition, folds, minor creasing, minor staining, bumps on edges. Size: 72x50 Original Vintage Poster National Loan WWI Prestito Nazionale Italy
Original antique World War One war bond poster for the National Loan / Prestito Nazionale featuring an image of a Bersaglieri soldier in military uniform standing against a yellow shaded background with a blood stained gauze bandage wrapped around his eyes and head, the text as a quote above reads - . per la Patria i meie occhi! per la Pace il vostro denaro / . my eyes for the Fatherland Your money for Peace - and the title and information below reads - National Loan consolidated 5% net annuity issued at L.86.50 per 100 nominal and effective income 5.78 per % Subscriptions are received: at the branches of ordinary credit institutions savings banks cooperative banks firms and banking companies participating in the loan consortium. Printed by Atelier Butteri, Torino. Good condition, folds, creasing, repaired tears, staining, backed on Japanese paper. Size: 100x70 Original Vintage Poster They Too Buy Victory Bonds Canada WWII
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Eux Aussi Achetent des Obligations de la Victoire / They Too Buy Victory Bonds - featuring artwork by Charles Comfort (1900-1994) depicting soldiers in uniform holding guns and marching across a battlefield surrounded by debris and tanks with explosions in the background of fire and plumes of smoke filling the sky in front of hills, the bold title text and caption in French below, translated to English as - This painting is a reproduction of an original Canadian Army painting. It depicts our infantry clearing a German stronghold destroyed by our artillery. The sketches which served as the basis for the painting were drawn on site during the action by Major C. F. Comfort, official war painter of the Canadian army who subsequently incorporated them into this oil painting. Horizontal. Large size. Good condition, restored folds, restored paper losses, restored tears, staining, backed on linen. Size: 93x122 Original Vintage Poster Keep ’em Rolling WWII USA Home Front PT Boats
Original vintage World War Two poster - Keep 'Em Rolling! - featuring speeding US Navy patrol torpedo PT boats at sea across the stripes of the American flag with workers wearing welder helmets and carrying cords and lights over their shoulders on the blue above, the bold text below. Issued by division of Information Office for Emergency Management Washinton DC. Printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Good condition, restored tears, restored paper losses, restored folds, staining, backed on linen. Size: 102x76 Original Vintage Poster Soldier 1917 WWI
Original antique World War One poster featuring an illustration of a young man in a military hat and boots looking to the viewer, selling matches with a box around his neck holding matchboxes, the stylised text above the clouds in the background - ?????? 1917 ???? / Soldier 1917. Large size. Good condition, restored paper loss in bottom right corner, restored tears, restored folds, staining, backed on linen. Size: 111x65 Original Vintage Poster Lick Them Over There WWII Canada
Original vintage World War Two poster - Lick Them Over There! Come On Canada! - featuring a dramatic image depicting soldier in uniform holding a bayonet rifle gun in one hand and looking at the viewer, pointing towards Nazi German Swastika symbols in the battle smoke above Great Britain as he steps over the Atlantic Ocean on a map on the globe below, a peaceful church and village in Canada by his right boot and a Union Jack flag flying behind anti-aircraft guns by his left leg with warships sailing across the sea to help defeat the enemy, the stylised text in red above the soldier shouting and in bold blue lettering below. Issued for the Department of National Defence by the Director of Public Information Ottawa. Printed in Canada. Good condition, paper losses, staining, tears. Size: 46x30.5 Original Vintage Poster Britain’s Sea Power Maintain Savings Tanker WWII
Original vintage World War Two poster - Britain's Sea Power Maintain it with your Savings - featuring a dynamic image of Royal Navy warships and tankers in convoy sailing on choppy waves at sea with the sun shining through rain clouds above. Painting by the British artist Frank Henry Algernon Mason (1875-1965). Issued by the National Savings Committee London. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Thos Forman and Sons Ltd Nottingham. Good condition, restored paper loss in bottom left corner, restored tears, minor staining, browning, backed on linen. Size: 76x51 Original Vintage Poster Your Britain Fight For It Now Rehousing WWII Abram Games
Original vintage World War Two poster - Your Britain Fight For It Now - featuring a great design by the notable British graphic designer Abram Games (Abraham Gamse; 1914-1996) depicting a dark illustration of a bombed out street in ruins with a damaged light and windows on the walls, a cobblestone road and an old ripped health poster advertising - Carbol disinfectant kills fleas bus midges rats - at the end of the ruined brickwork with a bright image behind showing the future housing accommodation of a new modern block of flats next to a tree against a blue sky background, the title text above and below, and information on the side - Clean, airy and well planned dwellings make a great contribution to the Rehousing movement. This is a fine example of a block of workers' flats built in London in 1936. Issued by A.B.C.A. Army Bureau of Current Affairs formed in 1941 to promote education and training during WWII and the post-war reconstruction period. Printed in England by Multi Machine Plates Ltd London. Horizontal. Good condition, restored tears on edges, restored pinholes, restored folds, minor staining, backed on linen. Size: 51x75 Original Vintage Poster Der Letzte Hieb WWI War Loan
"Original antique World War One poster - Der letzte Hieb ist die 8. Kriegsanleihe / The last blow is the 8th War Loan - featuring a dynamic image on a blue background depicting a soldier wearing a helmet swinging a large sword with white clouds swirling up behind him, the bold text above and below. Artwork by Paul Neumann (b 1880). Good condition, folds, creasing, tears, paper loss in bottom left corner, minor staining. Original Vintage Poster WRAC Fine Career For You
Original vintage British Army military recruitment poster for the Women's Royal Army Corps (1949-1992): WRAC A Fine Career For You featuring a smiling young lady in a green uniform against a pale blue sky background, the title and rest of the text below - For full information apply to any Army Recruiting Office or write direct to the War Office (MP6) London SW1. Very good condition, bumps on edges, punched holes on top edge, ink stamp on reverse. Size: 38x25 Original Vintage Poster Rush British Arms To Russian Hands WWII USSR
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Soviet War Poster Rush British arms to Russian hands - featuring a cartoon style caricature illustration by Nikolai Radlov (1889-1942) depicting the Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler wearing uniform and a swastika armband being strangled by the arms of Britain and the Soviet Union from each side, marked with the Union Jack flag and red and white USSR star on the sleeves, a bloodied axe falling with Hitler's pistol gun above the text in Russian and translation in English - Two hands in friendship strong as steel one to the other are extended. The fascist throat their grip will feel throttling til life is ended - the image pinned to a blue background with the bold white stylised title lettering above and below. Issued by the British Ministry of Supply for display in war production factories following the Anglo-Soviet Agreement signed on 12 July 1941, a military alliance to ensure both sides help each other in the fight against Germany and only make peace with Germany by mutual agreement, using the design of the Soviet TASS poster No.68 published on 14 July 1941. Very good condition, folds. Size: 74x49.5 Original Vintage Poster Women In The War We Can’t Win Without Them USA WWII
"Original vintage World War Two home front propaganda poster - Women in the War We Can't Win Without Them - featuring a photo of a lady working on an aircraft parachute part with machinery in a factory in front of a blue shadow background with the bold text diagonally in on the side and below in white on a red background. Issued by the War Manpower Commission Washington DC. Good condition, restored folds, restored tears, minor staining, backed on linen.- $1,029
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Original Vintage Poster Sleep To Gather Strength WWII
Original vintage World War Two poster featuring an image of an ARP Warden resting his head on his hand while napping against a brick wall below a notice - . It all depends on me and I depend on God . - with the title a quote by Winston Churchill below - . Sleep to gather strength for the morning . (Churchill 21.10.40) - a Union Jack flag visible in the war torn background with a note - Keep Off Time Bomb - on the side. Artwork by the Polish painter and official war artist Feliks Topolski (1907-1989). The Air Raid Precaution ARP service was set up in 1937. Penguin Print No 3 of which 10,000 copies have been lithographed and the plates destroyed. Drawn by Feliks Topolski, Lithographed in England at the Baynard Press, London and published by Penguin Books Ltd of Harmondsworth. Good condition, creasing, tears, staining. Size: 40.5x28.5- $1,715
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Original Vintage Poster Share Sugar WWII Modernism
Original vintage World War Two home front food poster - Share Sugar it's war-scarce its war-necessary - featuring a bold modernist style graphic design on a yellow background with a shadow from the word Share in black letters leading to a box of sugar in the distance below outline cloud shapes. Issued by the United States Office of Price Administration. Printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Good condition, light folds, restored paper losses on edges, backed on linen. Size: 32x23- $480
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Original Vintage Poster Quiet Stop Needless Noise WWII
Original vintage World War Two warning poster - Quiet! Stop needless noise Noise wastes energy, dissipates manpower, slows war production - featuring a dynamic image of a man in a helmet looking at the viewer in alarm and raising his gloved hand to indicate silence immediately, the bold text below. Artwork by Howard Scott (1902-1983). Fair condition, restored folds, restored tears, staining, restored pinholes, creasing, backed on linen. Size: 48.5x37.5- $480
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Original Vintage Poster Great Americans WWII Home Front
Original vintage World War Two home front propaganda poster - Great Americans don't take time off when our country needs so much so soon - featuring a man and a lady wearing goggles and working on a factory machine with soldiers charging in the background. Issued by Think American Institute. Printed by Kelly Read and Co Inc Rochester New York. Good condition, restored creasing, restored tears, backed on linen. Size: 69x51- $1,029
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Original Vintage Poster Kriegsanleihe War Loan Soldier Protecting Mother
Original antique World War One war bond poster for the 3rd War Loan featuring an illustration by the Viennese artist Erwin Puchinger (1875-1944) depicting a soldier in full military knight armour holding a sword and shield to protect a mother holding her baby, the enemy's swords marked with flags breaking against his shield on the red background, the text on the black border reads - Subscribe 5 1/2% Third War Loan / Zeichnet 5 1/2% dritte Kriegsanleihe. Large size. Good condition, fold, creasing, staining, foxing, tears in margins. Size: 126x95- $2,057
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Original Vintage Poster Help Britain Finish the Job Tanks WWII
"Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Help Britain Finish the Job! - promoting the need for increased industrial production of weapons to help win the war. Dynamic artwork depicting tanks charging towards the viewer against barbed wire fencing with the title below in bold letters. Good condition, restored folds, restored tears, backed on linen.- $1,577
- $1,577
Original Vintage Poster Our Day British Red Cross Society WWI Tom Purvis
Original antique World War One poster - Our Day To Help at the Front our wounded from Home & Overseas - issued by The British Red Cross Society & Order of St John for an event on 21 October 1915. Great artwork by Tom Purvis (1888-1959) showing a group of men in different military uniform from the armed forces looking towards the viewer, one with bandages around his head, another wearing a sling and one wearing an eye patch, in front of a medical Red Cross flag with images of doctors by an ambulance and a rescue boat headed towards a ship on the side. Good condition, restored folds, minor staining, backed on linen. Size: 76x51- $1,303
- $1,303
Original Vintage Poster Postmark Betrayed This HQ Army Post Office Abram Games
Original vintage World War Two safety poster - A postmark betrayed this HQ. Use the Army Post Office - featuring a modernist design by the notable British graphic designer Abram Games (Abraham Gamse; 1914-1996) depicting bombs being dropped over an English countryside town in grey with a red warning background behind the postal stamp mark - Tanbridge 2pm 21 Jan 1942 B - and the rest of the text below with a military post stamp in the corner - Field Post Office 21 Jan 42. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Stafford and Co Ltd., Netherfield, Nottingham. Good condition, creasing, folds, pinholes, small tears on edges. Size: 50x37- $2,400
- $2,400
Original Vintage Poster WRAC Why Not You Territorial Army
Original vintage British military recruitment poster for the Women's Royal Army Corps (1949-1992) Territorial Army - Why not You? Join the WRAC (TA) and make your spare time worth while - featuring a young lady in army uniform smiling to the viewer against a shaded blue background with space for information below - You nearest unit is at: - next to the TA badge. Prepared for The War Office by The Central Office of Information. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Jordison & Co Ltd, London and Middlesbrough. Excellent condition, punched holes on the top edge with string. Size: 38x25- $357
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