Our country's urgent need. Every physically fit and hardy man required at once. Join the Sportsman's Battalions. Do it now / W. Straker, Ltd., Printers, 13, Coventry Street, Piccadilly, W. – Vintage Wall Art
![Our country's urgent need. Every physically fit and hardy man required at once. Join the Sportsman's Battalions. Do it now / W. Straker, Ltd., Printers, 13, Coventry Street, Piccadilly, W., [London : s.n., 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/af/afbf3bb0d1a4-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 Our country's urgent need. Every physically fit and hardy man required at once. Join the Sportsman's Battalions. Do it now / W. Straker, Ltd., Printers, 13, Coventry Street, Piccadilly, W., 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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Our country's urgent need. Every physically fit and hardy man required at once. Join the Sportsman's Battalions. Do it now / W. Straker, Ltd., Printers, 13, Coventry Street, Piccadilly, W.
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Few recruiting posters from this period rely on words alone, and this one makes its case entirely through text. It calls for physically fit, hardy men aged 19 to 45, at least 5 feet 5 inches tall with a 35-inch chest, to join the Sportsman's Battalions. Its offer of separation allowance and army rate pay, along with the recruiting contact at the Hotel Cecil on the Strand, shows how the drive was pitched to men of athletic habit. Printed in London in 1915, it reflects the early war effort, when volunteers were still being sought in large numbers.
| Created / published | [London : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 77 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Text continues: Age 19-45. Minimum height 5 ft. 5 ins. Minimum chest 35 ins. Separation Allowance & Pay at Army Rate. Apply E. Cunliffe-Owen, Hotel Cecil, Strand, London, or Management. Poster is text only. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain. Recruiting & enlistment--Great Britain--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,143 × 5,158 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1585_Our_countrys_urgent_nee_1915 |
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