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Auction History Result 6h0628 SPIRIT OF 1917 linen 30x40 WWI war poster 1917 join United States Marines, great art, rare! Date Sold 4/14/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War I Poster (measures 30" x 40" [76 x 102 cm]) (Learn More) Spirit of 1917, the 1917 U.S. World War I (WWI) recruitment poster ("Join the United States Marines and be first in defense on land or sea") encouraging men to join the Marines, and featuring art of a U.S. Marine color guard leading the advance. Note that the U.S. Marine Corps was founded in 1775 as the "fighting branch" of the U.S. Navy. Most people think of the Marines are a completely separate branch of the military, but actually, they are still closely tied to the Navy (although many Marines don't like to think about that)! If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned two examples of this war poster, and one of those examples was heavily trimmed! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had two diagonal creases running across the center of the image entering the hats of the two men and the bottom of the left flag. It had some other creases with tiny paper loss on parts of the creases in the image area. It had other creases scattered throughout, with greater tears and creases around the edges, and some paper loss in the bottom center at the top of the "rd" of "23rd". Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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