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title: For service in civilian defense
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/for-service-in-civilian-defense-1943/
description: 'Civilian defense recognition poster: a column of six service-ribbon designs, each with the CD triangle emblem and a labelled hour total from 500 to 5,000'
section: Collection
---

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[![For service in civilian defense, 1943 US poster: Civilian defense recognition poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/for-service-in-civilian-defense-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/for-service-in-civilian-defense-1943.jpg)

# For service in civilian defense

Civilian defense recognition poster: a column of six service-ribbon designs, each with the CD triangle emblem and a labelled hour total from 500 to 5,000 hours, beside two faded emblem stencils on a dark ground. The technique is faint here; the sheet mainly shows an award scheme, with 'service' as the only appeal.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
FOR SERVICE
500 HOURS
1,000 HOURS
2,000 HOURS
3,000 HOURS
4,000 HOURS
5,000 HOURS
IN CIVILIAN DEFENSE
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1943-O-537768]
OCD PUBLICATION 2021
```

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