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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


Date Collected

1973
1973

Catalogue Number

BELUM.O552.1973

Copyright

National Museums NI