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Description: | Concept: war loans / savings, civilian effort, shipping, seascape, civilian personnel, fire / fire fighting, postal services Description: whole: the image is positioned in the upper half. The title and text are separate and placed in the lower quarter, in red, in black and in blue. The lower two-thirds is set against a light green background. image: a depiction of a British oil tanker sailing at sea, with the slogan 'Help SOS' painted on its bridge and hull. text: HELP SOS SOS HELP SAN DEMETRIO REPRODUCED BY KIND PERMISSION OF 'The NAVY' Chas PEARS SAN DEMETRIO GETS HOME. ...The Oil Tanker 'San Demetrio,' a vessel of the 'Jervis Bay' convoy was set on fire by the German raider. She had to be abandoned but eventually 16 of her crew reboarded her, extinguished the fires and brought her to port. 'Help S.O.S.' was painted on bridge and hull as all signalling apparatus had gone. THEY SERVE FOR YOU YOU SAVE FOR THEM POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK P.B. 43 Object: ship | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Pears, Charles Publisher/Sponsor: Post Office Savings Bank | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5184... | Go to resource |
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