Alfred Leete (1882-1933) Britons (Kitchener) "Wants You" Join Your Country's Army ! God Save the King !, an original but trimmed copy of the recruiting poster printed by the Victoria House Printing Company Co. Ltd. September 1914 - 68 x 50.4 cm This rare and iconic poster is now thought to be one of only six known to exist, since the Onslows Great War Auction in July 2014 we will now have offered three copies of the poster, one last July , another by private treaty sale and now the example in this auction, there are also examples in the Imperial War Museum, State Library of Victoria Melbourne and the Robert Opie Collection. In 2013 it was wrongly reported in the press that the poster's existence was a urban myth and was never used as a recruiting poster this was not the case. Proof of the poster being displayed publicly in 1914 has now come to light in two photographs, one showing the poster on a hoarding with other's published by the Parliamentary Recruiting poster at Liverpool Station 15.12.1914 and the other posted on pillars of Chester's Town Hall. It would be reasonable to say that the rarity of this poster could be put down to the numbers printed being far less than the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee issued posters of which there was a surplus available for sale after the war. The poster for sale is pure ephemera as it would appear to have been removed from display either in disgust or as a future collectors item.
Alfred Leete (1882-1933) Britons (Kitchener) "Wants You" Join Your Country's Army ! God Save the King !, an original but trimmed copy of the recruiting poster printed by the Victoria House Printing Company Co. Ltd. September 1914 - 68 x 50.4 cm This rare and iconic poster is now thought to be one of only six known to exist, since the Onslows Great War Auction in July 2014 we will now have offered three copies of the poster, one last July , another by private treaty sale and now the example in this auction, there are also examples in the Imperial War Museum, State Library of Victoria Melbourne and the Robert Opie Collection. In 2013 it was wrongly reported in the press that the poster's existence was a urban myth and was never used as a recruiting poster this was not the case. Proof of the poster being displayed publicly in 1914 has now come to light in two photographs, one showing the poster on a hoarding with other's published by the Parliamentary Recruiting poster at Liverpool Station 15.12.1914 and the other posted on pillars of Chester's Town Hall. It would be reasonable to say that the rarity of this poster could be put down to the numbers printed being far less than the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee issued posters of which there was a surplus available for sale after the war. The poster for sale is pure ephemera as it would appear to have been removed from display either in disgust or as a future collectors item.
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