Danger Don't Touch
A large orange and red arrow points down toward a hand grenade and other objects at the torn lower edge, under the words 'DANGER' and 'DON'T TOUCH'. The tell for fear-appeal is the single prescribed remedy, do not touch, backed only by the word 'danger' and the arrow. The sheet is a safety warning, and the objects it warns about are partly lost in the tear.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Abram Games, artist; issuing body not visible (lower part torn)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Security and surveillance
- 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
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; artist's work, hosted by owner decision
Abram Games, artist. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-146.
Text on the object
DANGER DON'T TOUCH [signature:] A. GAMES.
