Confiance Churchill Octopus Middle East Africa WWII

£1,750.00

Original vintage World War Two anti-British propaganda poster - Have Confidence ... The Systematic Amputations Continue Methodically / Confiance ... Ses Amputations Se Poursuivent Methodiquement - issued by the Vichy Government in occupied France and featuring an image of the British leader Winston Churchill as an octopus with his tentacles around parts of a map representing British military intervention around the world, the cutting of these tentacles dripping with blood reflecting the prevention of British actions in Norway, Germany, Syria, Somalia, Libya, Mers el Kebir and Dakar by the Axis forces. Large size. Very good condition, restored folds, backed on linen.

Country

France

Year

1942

Style

War Posters

Size (cm)

119x80.5