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
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Issuer not printed (Service Series No. 11)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- 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
Issuer not printed (Service Series No. 11). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-267.
Text on the object
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
