Original Items: Only One Available. This is a wonderful example of the WWI “Come on! Buy More Liberty Bonds'' poster. This poster was one of many posters issued by the U.S. government during World War I to encourage support of the war. This poster was created by American artist Walter Whitehead in 1918. Whitehead’s colorful poster shows an American soldier standing aggressively over a dead German soldier's body with his bayonet in hand. The German soldier is wearing his distinctive pointed helmet which was known as a Pickelhaube. The Pickelhaube became an item of fear and hatred for the American public. Dehumanizing Germans became a common tactic in American propaganda posters. This tactic influenced Americans to help the evil barbarians from invading by buying liberty bonds. This is emphasized by the caption: “Come on! Buy more Liberty Bonds!”.

Personifying the enemy as non human was a common propaganda practice to drive Americans to purchase Liberty Bonds in order to finance the war. Liberty Loans were bonds that the Government sold so they could keep up with the expenses of war. These were sold back to the Government after the war. The poster was created and reproduced as a lithographic print at the time of it’s distribution. This is an original 1918 lithographic print offered in very good condition with only slight tearing at the top, which would be hidden if you chose to frame it.

This example is marked KETTERLINUS PHILA in the bottom right. The color is extremely well-retained, but there are a few scattered holes across the poster, especially around the soldier’s body.

Comes ready to be framed and displayed.