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Description: | NEG No: Q 80320
whole: the main image occupies the majority, with a smaller image positioned in the upper centre. The title is separate
and positioned in the centre, in red. The text is partially integrated and positioned in the centre and lower centre, in blue and red. The
smaller image, title and text are held within a red and blue border. All set against a white background.
image: the Union Jack flag. The smaller image is of a Union Jack flag held within a crowned badge motif. The flags of the Allied nations
surround the badge, including the Canadian Red Ensign, Serbian, French, Russian and Belgian tricolores and a Japanese 'Rising
Sun'.
text: Issued by the Publicity Department, Central London Recruiting Depot MERSER and SONS, Ltd., T.U. Printers, Kennington Road, London, S.E.
PRO PATRIA [Translation: 'For the Country']
MEN OF THE EMPIRE!
Rally Round the Flag
and Join the Army to-day,
Your Country needs you.
ANOTHER HALF MILLION MEN REQUIRED AT ONCE.
ISSUED BY THE PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT, CENTRAL RECRUITING DEPOT, WHITEHALL, S.W.
ANDREW REID and CO., LTD., 50, GREY STREET, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
Poster is a composite design created by adhering a small poster over another larger work.
A different text version was also produced (PST 2671).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Recruitment Campaign 1914-1916 flag / banner / standard Central London Recruiting Depot UK British Home Front 1914-1918 empire / commonwealth British Army 1914-1918 Home Front Whitehall recruiting First World War Publicity Department WW1 British Home Front civilian effort | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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