Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 334

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(MILITARY--WORLD WAR ONE.) True Sons of Freedom. Color poster, 20 x 16 inches; minor wear including 1/4-inch hole near lower edge, foxing visible on verso. Chicago: Charles Gustrine, 1918

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African-American doughboys subdue a squad of terrified German troops at point of bayonet. A side caption reads "Colored Men, the First Americans Who Planted Our Flag on the Firing Line." Abraham Lincoln looks on with approval.