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Auction History Result 3j0854 YOU CAN HELP AMERICAN RED CROSS linen 20x31 WWI war poster 1918 Benda knitting woman art, rare! Date Sold 12/20/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War I Poster (measures 20" x 30 1/2" [51 x 77 cm]) (Learn More) You Can Help: American Red Cross, the 1918 U.S. World War I (WWI) Home Front charity poster encouraging people to donate to the Red Cross, and featuring Wladyslaw T. Benda artwork of a woman knitting a garment. During World War I, many Americans on the home front did their part for the war effort by knitting. The American Red Cross coordinated much of this work, providing patterns and requesting sweaters, scarves, wristlets (fingerless gloves), and socks. Artist: Wladyslaw T. Benda Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this World War I Red Cross poster! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had pretty minor wear on the folds. It had some creases and scuffs scattered in the image, and some small tears and small paper loss in the borders. Overall, the poster was in good to very 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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