Put your trust in the Navy & your money in Savings Certificates
Painted view from a warship's deck, with heavy gun barrels against a red sky, naval officers and other warships beyond. The transfer device attaches the standing of the Royal Navy to a financial product: 'Put your trust in the Navy & your money in Savings Certificates'.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- National Savings Committee, London, and Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh; printed for H.M. Stationery Office by J. Weiner Ltd.
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
National Savings Committee and Scottish Savings Committee; printed for H.M. Stationery Office by J. Weiner Ltd., 1939-1945. National Archives and Records Administration, WWII Foreign Posters (44-PF-358).
Text on the object
Put your trust in the Navy & your money in SAVINGS CERTIFICATES Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by J. Weiner Ltd., London, W.C.1. 51-382 W.F.P. 129. Issued by the National Savings Committee, London, and the Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh.
