Join the Royal Marines: help to man the guns of the fleet

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number ARTV05210
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 76 x 51 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description lithograph on paper
Maker Unknown
The Admiralty Recruiting Department
W. H. Smith & Son
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made c.1919 - 1938
Conflict Period 1910-1919
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A British recruitment poster for the Royal Marines issued by the Admiralty Recruiting Department soon after the First World War. It features an image of four Royal Marines manning a naval gun position at sea. One of the marines in the lower left are facing the viewer and smiling. Another warship is visible in the centre left and a cloud of smoke rises from an unseen source in the upper right filling the yellow sky. The title is integrated and superimposed in the upper right corner of the image. In the lower right is a text box containing text printed in black listing where to enlist. This would most likely have been left blank after the initial print run so that local the details of local recruitment offices could be printed as required.

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