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Description: | Concept: empire / commonwealth, recruiting, civilian effort, emblems, flag / banner / standard, animals Description: whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is separate and positioned in the lower half, in red. The text is separate and placed in the upper right, lower left and across the bottom edge, in red and in black. All set against a blue and yellow background, and held within a black border. image: stylised depictions of two lions, one based on the coat of arms of Great Britain, the other based on the coat of arm of Ceylon. On the left, the British lion stand before a Union Flag; and on the right, the Ceylon lion wears a headdress, holds a knife in its paw, and stands before a Ceylon flag. text: FORWARD TOGETHER! BRITISH LION AND LION OF LANKA MAN THE DEFENCES OF LANKA YOUR HOME JAN COOKE JOIN THE ARMY NOW We feed you - We clothe you - We make a new man of you! GOVT. PRESS CEYLON STUDIO LECOQ POSTER Reproduced by Survey Dept. Ceylon. 5.5.42. Object: flag, knife, headdress | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Cooke, Jan Printer: Ceylon Government Press, Colombo Survey Department of Ceylon | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5142... | Go to resource |
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