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title: 'Crédit Commercial de France: Souscrivez pour la Victoire et pour le Triomphe de la Liberté (Subscribe for Victory and for the Triumph of Liberty)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/credit-commercial-de-france-souscrivez-pour-la-victoire-1918/
description: Three soldiers in trench positions, one in a Brodie-style helmet, one in a wide-brimmed hat and one in a French Adrian helmet, look toward the viewer.
section: Collection
---

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# Crédit Commercial de France: Souscrivez pour la Victoire et pour le Triomphe de la Liberté (Subscribe for Victory and for the Triumph of Liberty)

Three soldiers in trench positions, one in a Brodie-style helmet, one in a wide-brimmed hat and one in a French Adrian helmet, look toward the viewer, while a winged allegorical woman with a sword and a laurel wreath hovers over an infantry charge above them. The text asks citizens to subscribe to the 1918 national defence loan 'for Victory and for the Triumph of Liberty,' so the capitalised abstractions carry the appeal and the soldiers stand in as its endorsement.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
CRÉDIT COMMERCIAL DE FRANCE

4me Emprunt de la Défense Nationale_1918

SOUSCRIVEZ POUR LA VICTOIRE
ET POUR LE TRIOMPHE DE LA LIBERTÉ

[vertical text at right edge: VISÉ N° 13.244 / CHACHOIN, Imp. PARIS]
[artist's signature at lower left, script: illegible]
```

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

```
CRÉDIT COMMERCIAL DE FRANCE

4th National Defence Loan_1918

SUBSCRIBE FOR VICTORY
AND FOR THE TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY

[vertical text at right edge: APPROVED No. 13,244 / CHACHOIN, Printer, PARIS]
[artist's signature at lower left, script: illegible]
```

The vertical imprint at the right edge is small but legible; the artist's script signature at lower left is not.

[← Corporal R. Derby Holmes, Author of "A Yankee in the Trenches"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/corporal-r-derby-holmes-yankee-in-the-trenches-1918/) [Czechoslovaks! Join Our Free Colors! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/czechoslovaks-join-our-free-colors-1918/)

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