Set War Posters Lord Kitchener WWI WWII. Set of 3 vintage re...

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Set War Posters Lord Kitchener WWI WWII. Set of 3 vintage reproduction posters. 1. World War One recruitment propaganda poster - Britons Join Your Country's Army! God Save The King - featuring an illustration by a British graphic artist Alfred Leete (1882-1933) depicting a British Army officer and colonial administrator and the British Secretary of State for War Lord Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916) in a military uniform pointing at the viewer with a caption "Wants YOU". Reproduced by permission of London Opinion. Published by the Victoria House Printing Co., Ltd., Tudor Street, London, E.C. Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by the Corwen Press Ltd., London. Reproduced from a 1914 original held by the Imperial War Museum. Good condition, creasing, pinholes, tears, staining, Country of issue: UK, designer: Alfred Leete , size (cm): 75x51, year of printing: 1972; 2. Danger. Don't Touch. You may find one of these on the ground of half-buried. Leave it alone and Tell The Police At Once. Do not touch it even with a stick and do not throw stones at it. Illustration by a British graphic designer Abram Games (1914-1996) of various artillery war shells, grenades, shrapnel shell. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office. Fair condition, creasing, tears, staining, paper losses. Country of issue: UK, designer: Abram Games, size (cm): 87x56, year of printing: 1940s; 3. World War One school education poster featuring an illustration of soldiers and elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen queuing up at the recruiting station at the feet of one of the lions in Trafalgar Square, the caption below the image reads - 1914-1918 Great Britain at War - A Recruiting Station in Trafalgar Square. - with an iconic poster of Lord Kitchener pointing at the viewer captioned 'Your Country Needs YOU' attached to the gramophone. Horizontal. Fair condition, tears, pinholes, tape marks, staining, small paper loss. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 43x54, year of printing: 1960s

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