The sportsman battalion's recruit who wrecked the zeppelin and won the V.C. Follow his lead and join the sportsman's battalion / W. Straker, Ltd., Printers, 13, Coventry Street, Picadilly, W. – Historic Photograph Print
![The sportsman battalion's recruit who wrecked the zeppelin and won the V.C. Follow his lead and join the sportsman's battalion / W. Straker, Ltd., Printers, 13, Coventry Street, Picadilly, W., [S.l. : s.n., 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ac/acbce93ee749-L.webp)
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Step back in time with The sportsman battalion's recruit who wrecked the zeppelin and won the V.C. Follow his lead and join the sportsman's battalion / W. Straker, Ltd., Printers, 13, Coventry Street, Picadilly, W., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The sportsman battalion's recruit who wrecked the zeppelin and won the V.C. Follow his lead and join the sportsman's battalion / W. Straker, Ltd., Printers, 13, Coventry Street, Picadilly, W.
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The headline promises that a recruit who wrecked a Zeppelin and won the Victoria Cross will lead the way, and it asks readers to follow him into the Sportsman's Battalion. That unit was raised in London in 1914 to draw athletes and other sportsmen into the army, and the notes direct applicants to E. Cunliffe-Owen at the Hotel Cecil on the Strand. Zeppelin airships began bombing Britain in January 1915, so an airship-slayer as a figure of national pride would have carried obvious appeal for a public that felt newly exposed to attack.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : halftone and lithograph, color ; 76 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Photomechanical prints 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Apply E. Cunliffe-Owen, Hotel Cecil, Strand, London. By permission of F.M. Birkett and The Daily Sketch." Title from item." |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Athletes--British--1910-1920. Soldiers--British--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,154 × 5,153 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 262_The_sportsman_battalion_1915 |
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