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YOUR COURAGE / WILL BRING US VICTORY. Small format poster. 1939.
14¾x10 inches, 37½x25½ cm. Condition B+: minor repaired tears and restoration at edges; restoration along horizontal fold; errant marks in image.
With Britain formally declaring war on Germany on September 3, 1939, the newly re-formed British Ministry of Information immediately began working on a giant poster publicity campaign to prepare the British populace for what the ministry feared would be an "appalling series of shocks, resulting in shattered nerves, a lack of confidence in ultimate success, and therefore a lack of will to work for victory" (Three Posters). Instead of a photograph or an illustration, each poster bore a depiction of the crown of King George VI at the top as an indication that the messages came from the King himself.
