4e Emprunt National, French WWI war bond poster with soldier – Vintage Poster
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Step back in time with 4e Emprunt National, French WWI war bond poster with soldier, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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4e Emprunt National, French WWI war bond poster with soldier
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The Fourth National Loan poster, issued in France in 1918, belongs to a series of war bond posters that the government used to pay for the final stretch of the First World War. The "4e Emprunt National" slogan appears as the central message, and the soldier pictured stands for the men still in the trenches who depended on civilian lending to keep the army supplied. French loans of this kind invited ordinary citizens to buy state bonds, so the poster worked as both a recruiting tool for money and an appeal to patriotic duty. Look closely at the composition, which was typical of wartime advertising: a single bold figure, sharp contrast, and a short, direct call to action.
| Created / published | 1918 |
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| Original scan | 2,772 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1222_4e_Emprunt_National_Sou_1918 |
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