Help Britain Defend America Speed Production WWII

£1,250.00

Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Help Britain Defend America Speed Production! Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies - featuring a striking illustration depicting a Nazi boot with a swastika on the sole about to stamp down on the Statue of Liberty in front of the New York USA skyline over the Atlantic Ocean with the other boot standing on the ruins of a burning city in Europe in front of a red and white fire flame background, the bold text in red and white lettering above and below. Formed in 1940, the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies (CDAAA) was a pro-British American political action group for economic and material support but, taking a neutral stance, it was against joining the war against Germany until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. Good condition, creasing, staining, backed on linen, linen trimmed to edge of poster.

Country

USA

Year

1940s

Style

War Posters

Artist

Max Gordon

Size (cm)

68x41