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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · The Allies, 1914–1918
Turn Your Silver Into Bullets at the Post Office
British war loan, poster no. 19, 1915
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph issued in 1915 as poster no. 19, artist unrecorded, printed by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Limited, London, 76 by 50 cm.
Why it matters
The war loan was sold over the Post Office counter, and the sheet makes the exchange literal: silver goes in, bullets come out.
What to notice
Hands overflowing with coins that turn into bullets as they fall, against a war-loan scrip voucher.
Small change, falling as ammunition.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Printer / house
- Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Limited, London
- Campaign
- War Bonds
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- British war loan, poster no. 19, 1915
- Source
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired). Maker's death year unrecorded; the EU and UK term (life plus 70) cannot be confirmed, so exposure outside the US stands until it is.
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