Save to Beat the Devil! Buy Victory Bonds
A red-skinned devil with horns, pointed ears and a Hitler-style forelock and moustache looks sideways above the words 'Save to beat the Devil! Buy Victory Bonds'. The tell is the devil caricature of Hitler, which casts the enemy leader as evil incarnate and the purchase of bonds as the way to defeat him.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Dominion of Canada, Victory Bonds campaign (artist Harold V. Shaw; no issuing body printed)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Mackenzie King Government
- Leader
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- 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 (Canadian Crown copyright, expired); hosted by owner decision
Dominion of Canada, Victory Bonds campaign; artist Harold V. Shaw. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-659.
Text on the object
SAVE TO BEAT THE DEVIL! Buy VICTORY BONDS [signature:] HAROLD V. SHAW
