[23] LEND YOUR FIVE SHILLINGS TO YOUR COUNTRY AND CRUSH THE GERMANS | Imperial War Museums

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Object description

whole: MODEL design: Kaiser Wilhelm II, full-length figure in pickelhaube, lying face down, a massive five-shilling piece on top of him text: "LEND YOUR FIVE SHILLINGS TO YOUR COUNTRY AND" (4 lines above design) & "CRUSH THE GERMANS"

Physical description

Parliamentary War Savings Committee Poster No. 23. W.6172. A copy of this poster was produced in India (see PST 12561) PST 21578 is artwork for the Indian version, with variant text from the published Indian version

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NEG NO Q80145

Object details

Category: Posters
Related period: First World War (production)
Creator: D D P
Production date: 1915
Place made: Great Britain
Materials: medium: lithograph
Dimensions: Support: Height 759 mm, 507
Catalogue number: Art.IWM PST 0345

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