The Torch, Be Yours to Hold it High!, Original Canadian WWII Poster
- ca 1942
- R. Filopowski
-
24 x 36 inches ~ (60 x 91 cm)
- Sold. Inquire About This Poster Add to Wishlist
The torch; be yours to hold it high! If ye break faith with us who die, though poppies grow in Flanders fields- John McCrae (this original printing mis-spells McCrea, late releases had a correction pasted over the error.
Issued by the director of Public Information, Ottawa, Under The Authority of Hon. J.T. Thorson, Minister of National War Services,. Printed in Canada. UE-2L.
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a memorial site in France dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War.
Photographed before linen backing, please note small losses and edge damage, these will be restored when backed.