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title: Something money can't buy... Your campaign ribbons
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/something-money-cant-buy-campaign-ribbons-1945/
description: Photograph-based sheet showing a woman and a man in civilian work clothes wearing Army identification badges, with a tinted soldier and a chart of service
section: Collection
---

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# Something money can't buy... Your campaign ribbons

Photograph-based sheet showing a woman and a man in civilian work clothes wearing Army identification badges, with a tinted soldier and a chart of service ribbons behind them. A panel shows five War Department Civilian Service Award ribbons. The slogan, 'Something money can't buy', is a vague value claim, and the ribbons and uniformed figure lend military prestige to civilian work (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SOMETHING MONEY CAN'T BUY...

Service Ribbons
OF SERVICE MEDALS
[small ribbon captions on the background chart: illegible]

WAR DEPARTMENT CIVILIAN SERVICE AWARDS
ARMY SERVICE FORCES
ARMY AIR FORCES
ARMY GROUND FORCES
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF WAR
GENERAL STAFF

YOUR CAMPAIGN RIBBONS

[badge on the man's shirt:] ARMY ... DEPOT
[badge on the woman's blouse:] ARMY

[imprint:] P-X-27-SPB-11-15-45-85M
```

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