WWI Original Poster - Blot it Out with Liberty Bonds - Anonymous

Date: 1917
Size: 20 x 30 
Notes: Poster, Linen Backed
Artist: Anonymous
Information: For more details, please call 514 656 3301

About The Poster: Issued by the United States Government Printing Office, this poster is evidence of the 'less is more' theory. When this poster was on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, the catalog read (in part) "A large, bloody handprint in a poster on display, “The Hun – His Mark, Blot it Out with Liberty Bonds” (1917), represents the first time the Hun was referenced in a U.S. Liberty Loan poster." According to firstworldwar.com, "'Hun' was a derogatory nickname used primarily by the British and Americans - officers rather than men - during the First World War to describe the German Army, e.g. "the Huns attacked at dawn".

The origin of the term dated back to the Boxer Rebellion (1899-1900); in despatching his troops to China Kaiser Wilhelm II instructed them in a speech to behave like the Huns of old and to wreak vengeance ("let the Germans strike fear into the hearts, so he'll be feared like the Hun").

The term was widely used by Allied propaganda to suggest the worst kind of conduct from the German 'Huns', crushing neutral nations and imposing brutal rule upon conquered peoples."

Poster is linen backed and in very good condition.