A scarce piece of 42nd 'Rainbow'Division history - the WWI poster that tied New York's bond drive to its mostfamous fighting division. In the spring of 1918, while the Rainbow Division wasin the trenches in Lorraine, New Yorkers were told: buy Third Liberty Loanbonds and win the right to fly the Treasury's red-white-and-blue Honor Flag forthe boys overseas.
Printed by W.F. Powers Co. Lithoof New York for the 1918 Third Liberty Loan campaign (April-May 1918), thisHonor Roll poster displays the official Liberty Loan Honor Flag awarded by theU.S. Treasury Department. The Imperial War Museum in London holds this poster;no sale record for the title appears anywhere - it is genuinely uncommon.
The 42nd Rainbow Division -National Guard units from 26 states, with New York's own Fighting 69th at itsheart, and a young Douglas MacArthur as chief of staff - remains one of themost collected American divisions of the First World War.
CONDITION: Original 1918lithograph, rolled. Creases and chips throughout sides, but colors and image are strong. The flagcolors are strong. Please review all images before purchase.
SHIPPING: Rolled in acid-freetissue in a heavy tube.
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