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title: Join the drive to buy Water-Weasels for the Army
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/join-the-drive-water-weasels-1945/
description: Blue-and-cream sheet showing a felt shoulder emblem of a snarling weasel on waves, labelled U.S. War Stamp Agent, Water Weasel.
section: Collection
---

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[![Join the drive to buy Water-Weasels for the Army, 1945 US poster: Blue-and-cream sheet showing a felt shoulder emblem](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/join-the-drive-water-weasels-1945.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/join-the-drive-water-weasels-1945.jpg)

# Join the drive to buy Water-Weasels for the Army

Blue-and-cream sheet showing a felt shoulder emblem of a snarling weasel on waves, labelled U.S. War Stamp Agent, Water Weasel, with a drive to buy Army amphibious vehicles. The emblem is a reward for newspaper boys who sell stamps; a prize badge tied to the military unit, a transfer.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
YOU CAN EARN THIS SHOULDER EMBLEM
U.S. WAR STAMP AGENT
WATER WEASEL
MADE OF FELT IN COLORS
JOIN THE DRIVE
TO BUY
WATER-WEASELS
FOR THE ARMY
YOUR SUPERVISOR HAS THE DOPE--ASK HIM!
NEWSPAPER BOYS' SECTION--WAR FINANCE DIVISION--U. S. TREASURY DEPT.
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945-O-628900
[imprint:] OFFICIAL U. S. TREASURY POSTER
[imprint:] WFD 982
```

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