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title: We Save for Victory Through Our Village Savings Group
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-we-save-for-victory-village-savings-group-1939/
description: A crown above a laurel wreath and the words 'National Savings' sits over the slogan 'We Save for Victory through Our Village Savings Group'.
section: Collection
---

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[![We Save for Victory Through Our Village Savings Group, 1939 UK poster: A crown above a laurel wreath and the words 'National](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-we-save-for-victory-village-savings-group-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-we-save-for-victory-village-savings-group-1939.jpg)

# We Save for Victory Through Our Village Savings Group

A crown above a laurel wreath and the words 'National Savings' sits over the slogan 'We Save for Victory through Our Village Savings Group'. The royal crown attaches state authority to the appeal (transfer), and the collective 'We' and 'Our' present saving as what the village already does (bandwagon).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
NATIONAL SAVINGS
WE SAVE FOR VICTORY
THROUGH
OUR VILLAGE
SAVINGS GROUP
W.F.P. 134 - Issued by the National Savings Committee, London; Scottish Savings Committee, Edinburgh; Ulster Savings Committee, Belfast.
```

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