124 cartridges for 15/6 and your money back with interest / printed by Metchim & Son, London. – Historic Reproduction
![124 cartridges for 15/6 and your money back with interest / printed by Metchim & Son, London., [London] : National War Savings Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/65/65755cc3b5f3-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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124 cartridges for 15/6 and your money back with interest / printed by Metchim & Son, London. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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124 cartridges for 15/6 and your money back with interest / printed by Metchim & Son, London.
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Few wartime posters put a price on ammunition as bluntly as this one: 124 cartridges for 15 shillings and sixpence, with the money returned plus interest. Issued by the National War Savings Committee and printed by Metchim & Son of London, it is a text-only color lithograph with no illustration, so its appeal rests entirely on the arithmetic. Posters like it asked ordinary households to lend small sums to the government, turning everyday thrift into a way of supporting the war effort during the First World War.
| Created / published | [London] : National War Savings Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 77 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster is text only. Published by the National War Savings Committee, 18 & 19, Abingdon Street, Westminster, S.W. Poster no. 18. 20m. Wt. 5213/331. (7940). 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 | 4,045 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1208_124_cartridges_for_156_1915 |
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