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Auction: 342 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1038

World War I -U.S. Pair of Bond Posters. "For Home And Country - Victory Liberty Loan". By Alfred Everett Orr, 1918. 30 x 40". Soldier returning home to his loving family. One of the best known WWI Bond posters. Nicks, nibbling and soiling on back, some at edges; "Must Children Die And Mothers Plead In Vain? Buy More Liberty Bonds". By Walter H. Everett. 30 x 40". Sackett & Wilhelms Corp., NY. Powerful, somber image of mother with her two infants. Tear at bottom edge into "O" of BONDS, tape remnants on back, some ripple creases, edge nicks, fold-over bends and nibbles. About VF. [2]


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$130