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
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division (Newspaper Boys' Section)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 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 Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division (Newspaper Boys' Section). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1148 (NAID 514734).
Text on the object
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
