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Description: | Concept: civilian personnel, costume / fashion, recruiting, cityscape, emblems, flag / banner / standard, inter-war Description: whole: the image occupies the upper two-thirds, held within a narrow black border. The title and text are separate and positioned in the lower third, in red and in black, and held within a narrow black border. All set against a white background. image: half-length depictions of three men walking together along a town street, on their way to join the army. Two of the men wear Republican rosettes, and one waves his hat in the air. In the background, two women in traditional costume stand in a doorway. One of the women waves her handkerchief to the men as they pass. text: René-George Gautier Strasbourg. 1919. LES ALSACIENS et les LORRAINS S'ENGAGENT DANS L'ARMÉE FRANÇAISE (Décret du 1er Février 1919) Imprimerie Berger-Levrault Nancy-Paris-Strasbourg. [The men of Alsace and Lorraine are enrolling in the French Army. (Decree of 1 February 1919.) Berger-Levrault, Printers, Nancy-Paris-Strasbourg.] Object: hat, rosette, handkerchief, flag | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Gautier, René-George Printer: Imprimerie Berger-Levrault, Nancy, Paris, Strasbourg | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3251... | Go to resource |
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