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title: A Pound Lent is Worth Two Spent! Stick to National Savings Certificates
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-a-pound-lent-is-worth-two-spent-1939/
description: A cartoon soldier in battledress, a winged imp whispering in his ear, looks at two women in white dresses. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
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[![A Pound Lent is Worth Two Spent! Stick to National Savings Certificates, 1939 UK poster: A cartoon soldier in battledress](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-a-pound-lent-is-worth-two-spent-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-a-pound-lent-is-worth-two-spent-1939.jpg)

# A Pound Lent is Worth Two Spent! Stick to National Savings Certificates

A cartoon soldier in battledress, a winged imp whispering in his ear, looks at two women in white dresses. The imp's speech bubble reads 'a pound lent is worth two spent', and a red panel adds 'Lend to defend the right to be free', pairing the savings appeal with a virtue phrase (glittering generalities).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
a pound lent
is worth two spent!

LEND
TO DEFEND
THE RIGHT
TO BE
FREE

Stick to
NATIONAL SAVINGS CERTIFICATES

3512/PMEAX/1
[signature:] EDGAR LONGMAN
```

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