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Auction History Result 5j055 MY SOLDIER linen 14x22 WWI war poster '17 great art of small child saying kid's prayer! Date Sold 12/4/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War I Poster (measures 14" x 22 1/4" [36 x 57 cm]) (Learn More) My Soldier, the 1917 U.S. World War I (WWI) War Bond poster ("Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep. God Bless my brother gone to war Across the seas, in France, so far. Oh, may his fight for Liberty, Save millions more than little me From cruel fates or ruthless blast, - And bring him safely home at last."; "Buy United States Government Bonds Third Liberty Loan"; "Buy War Saving Stamps and Thrift Stamps"; "4% compounded quarterly") encouraging citizens to purchase war bonds and featuring H.H. Green artwork of a mother having her child say a wartime version of the classic children's bedtime prayer (which had been first recorded in 1711, but which was given new wording appropriate to World War I). Note that there are two versions of this poster. Both use the same art and most of the same text, but the larger one measures 28" x 42", and does not have the "4% Compounded Quarterly" that is on the bottom of the smaller one that measures 14" x 22", and there are some other differences in the bottom text. Artist: H.H. Green Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster was never folded. It had a tear and tiny paper loss in the bottom right corner and some small tears and very tiny paper loss in the rest of the borders, with a diagonal crease in the top right corner. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above, but they are really not very distracting (and a talented restorer could touch them up without re-backing the poster). Learn More about condition grades 
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