Poster, 'Your King and Country'

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Title

Poster, 'Your King and Country'

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Enlist Now! This First World War poster was created by the British Parliamentary Recruiting Committee to encourage the enlistment of young men into the armed forces. Published as 'Poster No. 5' it was one of the first recruitment posters printed by the British government as it became increasingly eager to recruit men for the Army. The text, titled with the 'G.R.' (Georgius Rex) cypher of King George V around the royal coat of arms, entreats the unenlisted viewer: 'Your King and Country Need Y...

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Format

Image

Date created

November 1914

Creator

Parliamentary Recruiting Committee / H.W. Ltd.

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1048113

Related subjects

War / ink / paper / political posters / offset lithography / propaganda / World War, 1914-1918 / United Kingdom

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