f1 for 15/6. If you cannot fight - lend your money. Go to the post office to-day / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Midx. – Antique Print
![f1 for 15/6. If you cannot fight - lend your money. Go to the post office to-day / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Midx., London : National Organising Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5c/5ccda9dd04a3-L.webp)
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f1 for 15/6. If you cannot fight - lend your money. Go to the post office to-day / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Midx.
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This color lithograph urges Britons who could not serve at the front to put their money toward the war effort. Its headline, "If you cannot fight - lend your money," and the instruction to visit the post office that day point to the wartime savings and bond schemes that the government sold through post offices. The listed price, 15 shillings sixpence for a £1 unit, reflects the discounted government paper that made thrift and lending easy for ordinary households. The poster was printed by David Allen & Sons in Harrow, a firm that produced much of Britain's First World War poster art.
| Created / published | London : National Organising Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 75 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,998 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1795_f1_for_156_If_you_canno_1915 |
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![If you buy the new war loan your country gets funds to carry on and win the war. [...] / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld. Harrow, Middlesex.](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/aa/aa491e0c2850-400.webp)
