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
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Crédit Commercial de France (for the 4th National Defence Loan)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Clemenceau Government
- Leader
- Georges Clemenceau
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War I
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Crédit Commercial de France. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-17.
Text on the object
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]
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.
