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title: Salute the Soldier - Savings Group (cut-out savings chart)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-salute-the-soldier-savings-group-1939/
description: A smiling soldier in a steel helmet raises a hand beside a blank semicircular chart headed 'Total to date', with an arrow marked 'Our aim' and a faint
section: Collection
---

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# Salute the Soldier - Savings Group (cut-out savings chart)

A smiling soldier in a steel helmet raises a hand beside a blank semicircular chart headed 'Total to date', with an arrow marked 'Our aim' and a faint drawing of troops advancing inside the arc. The tell for transfer is the soldier's image and the 'Salute the Soldier' title placed on a local savings group's fundraising tally.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SALUTE THE SOLDIER
SAVINGS GROUP
OUR AIM
TOTAL TO DATE
INSTRUCTIONS.
Paste Poster on to thin card or stiff paper.
Cut off right hand portion containing arm and instructions.
Cut out arm and fasten through crosses with paper fastener or pin, so that it swivels to desired position.
CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED.
W.F.P. 362. ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL SAVINGS COMMITTEE LONDON; SCOTTISH SAVINGS COMMITTEE, EDINBURGH; ULSTER SAVINGS COMMITTEE, BELFAST.
PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY JAMES HAWORTH & BROTHER, LTD., LONDON. 51-4496
```

[← Salute the Soldier - Save More - Lend More](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-salute-the-soldier-save-more-lend-more-1939/) [Salute to the ATS →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-salute-to-the-ats-1939/)

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