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Description: | 1915 [twice]
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whole: the image covers the majority, with the title separate and positioned across the top, in white outlined black, and
in black. The text is separate and placed in the upper quarter and lower left, also in white outlined black, and in black. All set against
a background of blue, white and red vertical stripes emulating the French Tricolore.
image: a three-quarter length depiction of a Canadian soldier beckoning to the viewer. He also gestures towards a globe, upon which a
Prussian eagle and a French cockerel are fighting.
text: CANADIENS FRANCAIS
VENEZ AVEC NOUS DANS LE 150iéme BATAILLON C.M.R.
AIDER A LA VICTOIRE DU COQ GAULOIS SUR L'AIGLE PRUSSIEN
ALLEMAGNE
FRANCE
Lt. Col.H.Barré
Chev de la legion d'honneur
Arsenal du 65ieme
Ave des Pins
Salle d'exercice
Rue Craig
A.R.
C
CONSOLIDATED LITHOGRAPHING AND MF'G CO. LIMITED MONTREAL
[French Canadians. Join us in the 150th Battalion C.M.R. Help achieve the victory of the Gallic cockerel over the Prussian eagle. Germany.
France. Lt. Col. H. Barré, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Arsenal of the 65th, Avenue des Pins. Drill hall, Rue Craig. Consolidated
Lithographing and Manufacturing Company Limited, Montreal.]
The pose of the Canadian soldier is derived from a photographic image of a sergeant used on a British recruiting poster
of 1915 (see PST 3527). Versions of the British poster were later distributed in Canada (see PST 12485).
The pose of the Canadian soldier is copied from a photograph on a British poster (see PST 3527). Copies of the
British poster were distributed in Canada (see PST 12485). | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | empire / commonwealth emblems Animals Military Personnel CA.A 150iéme Bataillon Uniforms recruiting WW1 Canadian Home Front | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Consolidated Lithographing and Manufacturing Co Ltd, Montreal | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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