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title: 50-50 (The Job of Beating Up the Hun)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fifty-fifty-service-series-11-1917/
description: Two smiling soldiers, one in a trench helmet with a rifle and one in a campaign hat, stand arm in arm beneath the title '50-50' and a four-line verse.
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# 50-50 (The Job of Beating Up the Hun)

Two smiling soldiers, one in a trench helmet with a rifle and one in a campaign hat, stand arm in arm beneath the title '50-50' and a four-line verse. The verse has the veteran tell the newcomer that the Hun, called 'Fritz', shouted 'Kamerad!' because he saw the recruit was ready. It uses the epithet 'Hun' and a shared-effort frame to tell civilians and recruits they have done their share.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/) [Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SERVICE SERIES No. 11

50-50

The job of beating up the Hun, which Iv'e been at, my lad,
Would still be far from finished "Over There,"
But Fritz saw YOU were ready and he shouted "Kamerad!"
So don't you worry, son, you did YOUR share.

Gordon Grant
Captain USA
```

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