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title: Laotian Symbol poster 147, king and three elephants (Lao poster distributed in Saigon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/laotian-symbol-poster-147-king-three-elephants-lao-saigon-1954/
description: 'A red Lao-language sheet in white: the three-headed elephant under a tiered parasol, the national emblem of Laos.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Laotian Symbol poster 147, king and three elephants, 1954 US poster: A red Lao-language sheet in white](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/laotian-symbol-poster-147-king-three-elephants-lao-saigon-1954.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/laotian-symbol-poster-147-king-three-elephants-lao-saigon-1954.jpg)

# Laotian Symbol poster 147, king and three elephants (Lao poster distributed in Saigon)

A red Lao-language sheet in white: the three-headed elephant under a tiered parasol, the national emblem of Laos, with an oval photographic portrait of an older man in a brocade coat, sash and decorations set into its body. Lao text arches above and below. The tell is transfer and identity-fusion: the portrait is placed inside the state emblem, joining the person to the nation.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ເມືອງລາວມີພະເຈົ້າມະຫາຊີວິດອົງດຽວ
ສົມເດັດພະເຈົ້າສີສວ່າງວົງ
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
The land of Laos has one sovereign (Maha Chivit): His Majesty Sisavang Vong.
```

Lao script read by eye; spelling of the second line is uncertain.

[← Result of 8 Years of Struggle poster (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/result-of-8-years-of-struggle-poster-172-vietnamese-saigon-1954/) [Communism Means Terrorism, Vietnamese (poster distributed in Saigon) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/communism-means-terrorism-vietnamese-1954/)

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