Honneur et Patrie
A cut-out photograph of a French general in képi with folded arms stands over a montage of tanks, marching sailors, a machine gun, an aircraft with a Cross of Lorraine roundel, a warship and a bugler, above the words 'Honneur et Patrie'. The tell is the transfer of the army, navy and air force imagery onto the leader's figure, with 'Honour and Fatherland' as the virtue words.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Free French (Cross of Lorraine on the aircraft roundel); no imprint visible
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- Free France
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Regime
- Free France National Committee
- Leader
- Charles de Gaulle
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (issuer and publication year not stated on the item)
Issuer not stated (Free French poster), National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-788.
Text on the object
HONNEUR ET PATRIE [Translation: Honour and Fatherland]
