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title: 'Malaya Today, Picture Set D, no. 2: Soldiers of Malaya who went to England for the Coronation (Malay Jawi-script photo poster distributed in Malaya)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/malaya-today-set-d-2-coronation-soldiers-malay-1953/
description: A photograph of Malayan soldiers in white uniforms standing in ranks on a parade ground, three regimental colours held upright among them.
section: Collection
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# Malaya Today, Picture Set D, no. 2: Soldiers of Malaya who went to England for the Coronation (Malay Jawi-script photo poster distributed in Malaya)

A photograph of Malayan soldiers in white uniforms standing in ranks on a parade ground, three regimental colours held upright among them. The Jawi-script Malay caption says they are soldiers of Malaya who went to England for the coronation ceremony, drawn from the Federation Regiment, the Malay Regiment and the Armoured Corps. The tell is transfer: the royal coronation attaches prestige to the Federation's forces.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

Original (Malay (Jawi script)) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
تانه ملايو هاري اين  كمفولن كمبر "دي"  فاسوقكن٢ برسنجات فرسكتوان

عسكر٢ تانه ملايو يغ تله ڤرݢي ك اڠݢريس كران مغهاضيري استعادة كمهكوتاءن يائيت ترماسوق اهلي٢ درڤد عسكر فرسكتوان، عسكر ملايو دان فاسوقكن برڤريسي.

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```

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

```
Malaya Today  Picture Set "D"  Armed forces of the Federation

The soldiers of Malaya who went to England to attend the coronation ceremony, including members of the Federation Army, the Malay Army and the Armoured Corps.

[2]
```

Jawi script, read from the image; orthography of a few words is uncertain and the English rendering follows the sense of the sentence. Header reads 'Today's Malaya, Picture Set "D", Armed forces of the Federation'.

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