Lend your five shillings to your country and crush the Germans / D. D. Fry ; printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Middlesex. – Historic Reproduction
![Lend your five shillings to your country and crush the Germans / D. D. Fry ; printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Middlesex., London : Parliamentary War Savings Committee, [1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/93/936e101076af-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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Step back in time with Lend your five shillings to your country and crush the Germans / D. D. Fry ; printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Middlesex., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Lend your five shillings to your country and crush the Germans / D. D. Fry ; printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Middlesex.
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What sets this poster apart is its direct appeal to a small sum: the title asks readers to lend five shillings to their country and "crush the Germans." Its subjects, as catalogued, are coins and German military figures, so the design ties ordinary savings to the fight against Germany. Printed in color by David Allen & Sons of Harrow, it was issued in 1915 by the Parliamentary War Savings Committee, one of several bodies that encouraged Britons to finance the war through small investments rather than relying only on large loans. Posters like this one show how the government turned thrift into a patriotic duty for households across the country.
| Created / published | London : Parliamentary War Savings Committee, [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Poster no. 23. W. 6172 40M-7/15. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. Coins--British--1910-1920. Military personnel--German--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,061 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 600_Lend_your_five_shilling_1915 |
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