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Title

If one 6000 ton grain ship is sunk

Object Name

Poster

Maker

St. Clements Press, Ltd. (Primary maker)

Date Made

c.1914-18
18/1914
c.1914-18

Place Made

Kingsway

Description

First World War propaganda poster; 'If:- one 6000 ton grain ship is sunk, then 2, 560, 000 (4 1/2 lb) weekly rations of bread are lost'. A poster raising awareness for people at the height of the German submarine war for the need to ration and not waste food.

Materials

paper

Place Collected

Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast

Date Collected

1973
1973

Catalogue Number

BELUM.O552.1973

Copyright

National Museums NI