439 - Affiche Ancienne Original antique World War One poster - L'effort Maritime / Maritime Effort - featuring an illustration of sailors on the ship, the text below reads in French - With heroic courage, the sailors of all allied nations, both those of the merchant navy and those of the navy, constantly sail at the cost of the greatest dangers, to transport troops and munitions, to bring us supplies. food, fuel, and products of all kinds. Watched by submarines, they sometimes manage to sink them, but often they are reached before being able to defend themselves. So let's only bring what is essential from abroad. Let's not risk the lives of brave sailors for a little sugar, coffee or tobacco that we can do without. Let all boats be used to bring the equipment our soldiers need. The allied troops expected with so much confidence and intended to relieve our defenders in the formidable effort they had been making for almost four years. Let us only use boats to win. Printed by Berger-Levrault, Paris-Nancy. Good condition, folds, creasing, tears, staining, pinholes. Country of issue: France, designer: V. Prouve, size (cm): 65x46, year of printing: 1918.