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Auction History Result 2f070 IF YOUR SOLDIER'S HIT linen 29x42 WWI war poster '18 see how government rescued the wounded! Date Sold 9/3/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War I Poster (measures 28 1/2" x 42" [72 x 107 cm]) (Learn More) If Your Soldier's Hit, the 1918 U.S. World War I (WWI) poster ("U.S.A. series"; "Presented by the Division of Films"; "Committee on Public Information, George Creel, Chairman"; "Distributed through the World Film Corporation"; "See how your government rescued your wounded on the battle fields and how they were cared for and moved to places of comfort and safety. Produced under the supervision of the Surgeon General. U.S.A.") promoting a military medical documentary movie about how the U.S. government is taking care of its wounded servicemen, and featuring E.M. Gran Jackson art of a wounded soldier being offered an apple by a Red Cross nurse while another soldier looks on. This movie was made in conjunction with the Surgeon-General's Office and was filmed at the training camp at Fort Riley, Kansas, and additional scenes of overseas footage were added. Artist: E. M. Gran Jackson Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had a 17" clean vertical tear near the middle of the poster (starting in the yellow background above the word "SOLDIER" and continuing down to the left of the woman's shoulder. It also had some darkening across the upper part of the image and the lower part of the top credits (see our image). Otherwise, the poster was in pretty nice condition prior to linenbacking (especially considering it is 95 years old!). The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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