Content note: Caricature of Adolf Hitler with a mock-German accent in the headline and swastika imagery, shown as printed. This object is shown as it was published. Why
For carelessness, I gif nice medal
A caricature of Adolf Hitler with an oversized head and bulging eyes, in uniform with a swastika armband, holds up a swastika medal on a ribbon reading 'For Careless and Avoidable Accidents in Line of Duty'. The headline puts a mock-German accent in his mouth. The enemy leader is mocked and made the beneficiary of workers' accidents. A company sheet from a Wisconsin firm.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Albert H. Weinbrenner Co. (Milwaukee); Mandel Engraving Co. & Art Studios
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Albert H. Weinbrenner Co. (Milwaukee). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-792 (NAID 514281).
Text on the object
for CARELESSNESS, I gif nice MEDAL [ribbon:] For Careless and Avoidable Accidents IN LINE OF DUTY Nations Fall When Workers Stall EMPLOYEE PRIZE WINNING SLOGAN ALBERT H. WEINBRENNER CO. MILWAUKEE * MARSHFIELD * MERRILL * ANTIGO [imprint:] COPYRIGHT, 1942, MANDEL ENGRAVING CO. & ART STUDIOS, INC., MILWAUKEE, WIS. [imprint:] LITHO IN U. S. OF A.
