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Beat Back The Hun (Lot of 4) 30"x 20" WWI. Beat Back The Hun.

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Beat Back The Hun (Lot of 4) 30 x 20  WWI. Beat Back The Hun.
<B>Beat Back The Hun.</B></I> (Lot of 4) 30" x 20" Artist: F. Strothmann. Printed for the Fourth Liberty Loan. One of the most compelling and gruesome images of World War I propaganda, this poster shows a bloodthirsty Hun, looking over war-torn Europe and across the Atlantic to America. He is fully equipped with his Pickelhaube helmet and ape-like countenance. Amusingly, the Germans would adopt this ape-like image to depict the Bolsheviks in their propaganda posters. This is a fantastic poster, using the most derogatory kind of propaganda. Most of the Liberty Bond posters were inflammatory, but highly effective. Americans would purchase more than $23 billion worth of bonds to help the war effort. <BR><BR>Condition: Poster 1- Fine; normal wear on edges from rolling/storage, paper yellowing slightly but not yet brittle. <BR>Poster 2- Good; severe tear on lower edge, normal wear on edges from rolling/storage, water damage stains on lower edge and verso, black stain on upper edge. <BR>Posters 3&4- Good; severe tear on lower edge, normal wear on edges from rolling/storage, water damage stains on lower edge and verso.