Children Are Safer In The Country WWII

£900.00

Original vintage World War Two British propaganda poster - Children are safer in the country ... leave them there - featuring a black and white image of two young and healthy smiling children, the boy with his arm around a girl showing the older brother protecting his younger sister, with the text below. The evacuation during WWII known as Operation Pied Piper started in 1939, organised by the Ministry of Health to protect people from the bombing in cities by moving over 3.5 million evacuees to the safety of the countryside and other countries in the British Empire. Good condition, restored tears, small restored paper loss in bottom right corner, staining, backed on linen.

Country

UK

Year

1940s

Style

War Posters

Size (cm)

76x51