Content note: Swastika ring holding an Iron Cross, shown as printed. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Award for Careless Talk
Poster showing a hand wearing a swastika ring dangling an Iron Cross by a ribbon under the word 'AWARD', with 'FOR CARELESS TALK' below. Fear-appeal: careless talk is said to reward the enemy. Transfer: the swastika and Iron Cross are used as stigma symbols attached to the listener's indiscretion.
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. government home-front campaign
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Fear appealTransfer
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Text on the object
AWARD FOR CARELESS TALK [small line of text below, illegible]
Small third line in the footer is unreadable at 120 px width.
