Achetez des Obligations de la Victoire (Pour que bientôt il me revienne...)
A painted woman with tearful eyes embraces a soldier in a helmet whose shoulder title reads 'CANADA', above a black panel that urges 'Buy Victory Bonds'. The headline reads 'So that he may soon return to me...'. The tell is the emotional scene that links buying bonds to one soldier's return, with no figures on what the money does.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- No sponsor printed; Canadian Victory Bond appeal in French (Canadian origin from 'Lithographié au Canada' and the 'CANADA' shoulder title)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Mackenzie King Government
- Leader
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; likely Canadian Crown copyright from 1939-1945 (50 years expired); hosted by owner decision
No sponsor printed (Canadian Victory Bond appeal in French). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-796.
Text on the object
Pour que bientôt il me revienne... Achetez des OBLIGATIONS DE LA VICTOIRE [print line, lower left:] LITHOGRAPHIÉ AU CANADA [lower right:] 2 AVL [on the soldier's shoulder:] CANADA [Translation: So that soon he may come back to me... Buy VICTORY BONDS Lithographed in Canada]
