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Description: | Concept: recruiting, medals / orders / decorations, military personnel, uniform, weapons, historical reference, military training, seascape, shipping, inter-war Description: whole: five separate images, one positioned at the centre and held within a golden oval border, and one in each quarter, each held within a rope border with pulleys at each corner. The title is placed upper centre, in yellow, as part of a Royal Navy crest. The text is separate and positioned lower centre, in blue against a white background. Further text is integrated and positioned as a title in each image, in red. image: the central image is of the British battle cruiser HMS Hood at sea. The other four images are depictions of Royal Navy officers and men: a Boy with a vision of Nelson behind him; a Leading Seaman steering a Picket boat; a Chief Petty Officer using a periscope sight to aim a gun; and a Commander standing on deck. text: ROYAL NAVY BOY AT TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT LEADING SEAMAN STEERING PICKET BOAT H.M.S. 'HOOD' WANTED INTELLIGENT AND WELL EDUCATED Boys and Youths OF GOOD CHARACTER FOR SERVICE IN THE Royal Navy SPLENDID OPPORTUNITIES OF SEEING THE WORLD GOOD PAY AND PROSPECTS LIBERAL PENSIONS Age 151/4 and under 18 Apply for Particulars to THE NAVAL RECRUITER AT [blank] J.McNEILL CHIEF PETTY OFFICER LAYING A 15'' GUN THROUGH A PERISCOPE SIGHT A COMMANDER E. 1150. Wt. 12245. Est. 6515. Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office by J. E. C. Potter, Stamford. Designed by George Falkner and Sons, 181, Queen Victoria St., London, E.C. 4. Object: warship, periscope, sword | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: McNeill, J Printer: J E C Potter, Stamford Publisher/Sponsor: HMSO; Royal Navy Associated Person: Nelson, Horatio (Vice-Admiral Viscount) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=2809... | Go to resource |
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