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title: Come On! Buy More Liberty Bonds
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/come-on-buy-more-liberty-bonds-1918/
description: A helmeted American infantryman stands over a fallen German soldier, bayonet levelled at the viewer, under the imperative 'Come On!' and the line 'buy more
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** A US infantryman stands with a bayonet over a fallen German soldier, as issued. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Come On! Buy More Liberty Bonds, 1918 US poster: A helmeted American infantryman stands over a fallen German soldier, bayonet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/come-on-buy-more-liberty-bonds-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/come-on-buy-more-liberty-bonds-1918.jpg)

# Come On! Buy More Liberty Bonds

A helmeted American infantryman stands over a fallen German soldier, bayonet levelled at the viewer, under the imperative 'Come On!' and the line 'buy more Liberty Bonds'. The poster attaches the soldier's combat posture and the defeated enemy to the act of lending money to the government, so that purchase is framed as the next step in the same fight.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
Come On!
buy more
LIBERTY BONDS

WALTER
WHITEHEAD
1918
```

'Walter Whitehead 1918' is the artist's signature and date in the lower right.

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