Content note: A bloody red handprint above the epithet 'The Hun - his Mark', as issued for the Liberty Loan. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Hun - His Mark. Blot It Out with Liberty Bonds
A single blood-red handprint above the line 'The Hun - his Mark' and the instruction 'Blot it Out with Liberty Bonds.' The image carries no figure or fact: the epithet 'Hun' and the bloody hand imply atrocity, and the purchase of a bond is offered as the act that erases it.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department (Liberty Loan campaign)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- 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
U.S. Treasury Department (Liberty Loan campaign). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-27.
Text on the object
The Hun - his Mark Blot it Out with LIBERTY BONDS [artist's signature, lower left: J. Allen St. John] [tiny imprint line, lower right: illegible]
The lower-left signature reads, apparently, 'J. Allen St. John'; the tiny imprint line at lower right is [illegible].
