File:Britain Needs You at Once - WWI recruitment poster - Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No. 108.jpg

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current22:00, 6 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 22:00, 6 January 20172,534 × 3,852 (6.65 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<p>A WWI British recruitment poster. The Imperial War Museum <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/27762">identifies</a> this as Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No. 108. It also points out that St. George and the Dragon served as a national symbol for several parties in the conflict (which includes Germany, ironically enough). </p> <p>Library of Congress Description: </p> <dl><dd> <b>Title:</b> Britain needs you at once<sup><i>[sic: the LoC uses weird capitalization rules]</i></sup> / printed by Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. London E.C.</dd></dl> <p><b>Date Created/Published:</b> London : Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, [1915] </p> <dl> <dd> <b>Medium:</b> 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 50 cm.</dd> <dd> <b>Summary:</b> Poster showing St. George slaying the dragon; scene in roundel format.</dd> <dd> <b>Reproduction Number:</b> LC-USZC4-11248 (color film copy transparency)</dd> <dd> <b>Rights Advisory:</b> No known restrictions on publication. For information see "World War I Posters" (<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/243_wwipos.html">http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/243_wwipos.html</a>)</dd> <dd> <b>Call Number:</b> POS - Gt Brit .P37, no. 4 (C size) [P&P]</dd> <dd> <b>Repository:</b> Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA</dd> </dl>
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