Auguste Leroux Affiche Ancienne Original antique World War One poster for the 3rd National Defense Loan / 3e Emprunt de la Defense Nationale, featuring an illustration of a soldier holding up and giving a kiss on the cheek to his daughter with a silhouette of a mother with a baby next to them, the caption below the image reads - Subscribe for France that fights! For her who grows every day. / Souscrivez pour la France qui combat! Pour Celle qui chaque jour grandit. Printed by Joseph Charles, Paris. Good condition, small paper losses on edges, folds, tears, large tear on top edge, creasing, stored in plastic sleeve. Frail Paper. Country of issue: France, designer: Auguste Leroux, size (cm): 113x80, year of printing: 1917.

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