National Savings for Victory (nest of eggs with savings stamps)
A colour photograph of a bird's nest holds four eggs, each stamped with a National Savings stamp marked 'For Victory' in 6d, 2/6 and 5/- values. The nest-egg image carries the thrift tradition of saving over to the war effort, and the stamp wording ties each purchase to victory, which is the transfer tell.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- National Savings Committee (London), Scottish Savings Committee (Edinburgh) and Ulster Savings Committee (Belfast); printed by Fosh & Cross Ltd for H.M. Stationery Office
- 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
- Economy and finance, Home front
- 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 / H.M. Stationery Office, via U.S. National Archives (RG 44), c. 1939-1945.
Text on the object
[no headline] FOR VICTORY / NATIONAL SAVINGS 2/6 5/- NATIONAL SAVINGS 5/- FOR VICTORY / NATIONAL SAVINGS 6d 5/- NATIONAL SAVINGS 5/- W.F.P. 225. Issued by the National Savings Committee, London; Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh; Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast. PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY FOSH & CROSS, LTD. 51/2609 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
