I Need Your Rags
A shouting naval rating in a peaked cap holds up a bundle of rags beneath the line 'I need your RAGS'. The panel below lists what salvage becomes (blankets, uniforms, camouflage netting, gun wadding); the sailor's voice and uniform lend the forces' standing to a household chore, which is the transfer tell.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- His Majesty's Stationery Office, printed by H. Manly & Son Ltd, London N.22; salvage campaign (M.O.S. S&R 129)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
His Majesty's Stationery Office, printed by H. Manly & Son Ltd, London N.22; salvage campaign (M.O.S. S&R 129). National Archives and Records Administration, WWII Foreign Posters (NAID 44266664, 44-PF-231).
Text on the object
I need your RAGS PUT OUT YOUR OLD RAGS FOR SALVAGE to make Engine Wipers · Blankets · Uniforms Overcoats · Equipment · Camouflage Netting Charts · Maps · Roofing Felt · Gun Wadding etc. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by H. Manly & Son Ltd. London N.22. 51-3882. M.O.S. S&R. 129.
