Memorabilia

Canadian WWI Victory Bond Poster: Doing My Bit

92cm (36-1/4") high x 61cm (24") wide, lithograph poster with art by Frank Lucien Nicolet.  This First World War poster features a full-length portrait of a Canadian Highland soldier in kilt and tam-o'-shanter hat, standing confidently and raising four fingers to signify his years of service. With a direct, encouraging smile, he exhorts Canadian civilians to support the front lines by purchasing Victory Bonds. Designed for the 1918 Victory Loan campaign, Nicolet’s composition strategically evokes pride, resilience, and solidarity, emphasizing the mutual responsibility between soldiers and citizens. The pastoral Canadian landscape and wartime ruins in the background underscore the stakes at home and abroad, highlighting the enduring national commitment to victory and reconstruction. 

Poster has spent the past decade or more shrink-wrapped to pasteboard, so there is a bit of discoloration in the margins from acid migration.  It has several minor edge dings, overall remains in very good condition.

$200 - $300