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title: Récupérez les Métaux pour Forger nos Armes! [Salvage metals to forge our weapons!]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-recuperez-les-metaux-pour-forger-nos-armes-1941/
description: Scrap household metal, a pot, an iron, a chain, a fork and a key, falls in a stream above a black panel reading 'Récupérez les métaux pour forger nos
section: Collection
---

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[![Récupérez les Métaux pour Forger nos Armes! \[Salvage metals to forge our weapons!\], 1941 Canada poster: Scrap household](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-recuperez-les-metaux-pour-forger-nos-armes-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-recuperez-les-metaux-pour-forger-nos-armes-1941.jpg)

# Récupérez les Métaux pour Forger nos Armes! [Salvage metals to forge our weapons!]

Scrap household metal, a pot, an iron, a chain, a fork and a key, falls in a stream above a black panel reading 'Récupérez les métaux pour forger nos armes!', and a tank, a shell and a field gun stand beneath it. The picture states the scrap-to-weapon chain directly, attaching the war's weapons to the household objects, and a blank box is left for the local committee's telephone number.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (French) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Récupérez les
MÉTAUX
pour
FORGER NOS ARMES !

Consultez votre comité local

PUBLIÉ PAR LE SERVICE DE L'INFORMATION POUR L'OFFICE NATIONAL DE RÉCUPÉRATION, AVEC L'AUTORISATION DE L'HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTRE DES SERVICES NATIONAUX DE GUERRE. Imprimé au Canada. MS-2F

[signature in the picture:] Surrey
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Salvage the
METALS
to
FORGE OUR WEAPONS!

Consult your local committee

PUBLISHED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE FOR THE NATIONAL SALVAGE OFFICE, WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES. Printed in Canada. MS-2F

[signature in the picture:] Surrey
```

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