Armia Polska we Francyi (Polish Army in France), recruiting poster by W. T. Benda, 1917
A soldier in a French-style helmet and a Polish eagle armband surges forward with a rifle and bayonet, a banner with the white eagle filling the upper left. The tell is the national banner and eagle insignia, which lend the Polish nation's emblem to the call to enlist; the bilingual text and a blank 'recruiting centre No.' make it a fill-in sheet.
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Recruiting for the Polish Army in France in the United States (artist W. T. Benda); sponsoring body not named on the sheet
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Diaspora or minority
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Migration
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published 1917; LOC: no known restrictions on publication)
W. T. Benda, Polish Army in France, [1917], Library of Congress (POS - US .B45, no. 10).
Text on the object
ARMIA POLSKA WE FRANCYI POLISH ARMY IN FRANCE CENTRUM REKRUTACYJNE No. RECRUITING CENTRE W.T.BENDA
POLISH ARMY IN FRANCE (Polish) POLISH ARMY IN FRANCE RECRUITING CENTRE No. (Polish) RECRUITING CENTRE W.T.BENDA
Bilingual sheet; the English lines repeat the Polish. Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.
