E. CHEPTOV SUBSCRIBE TO THE 5 1/2 % WAR LOAN. 393/4x27 inches. Condition B+: paper loss in upper right corner, not affecting image; wrinkles and crease in right margin; light horizontal fold. In the midst of a raging battle, the field around him pockmarked by still-smoking shell holes, a Russian artilleryman is imploring his fellow Russians for "more money for more guns." That the same visual device of soldiers in the field imploring citizens to supply them with more ammunition existed simultaneously in many of the different countries involved in the war indicates the universality of the war mentality. Rickards 8.
