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title: 'Your rags will help in the fight: Start your rag bag now, don''t leave it to others'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-your-rags-will-help-in-the-fight-start-your-rag-bag-1943/
description: A rolled military map of Sicily and southern Italy is paired with a blue panel showing a battledress blouse, beret-like cap and rope.
section: Collection
---

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[![Your rags will help in the fight: Start your rag bag now, don't leave it to others, 1943 UK poster: A rolled military map](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-your-rags-will-help-in-the-fight-start-your-rag-bag-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-your-rags-will-help-in-the-fight-start-your-rag-bag-1943.jpg)

# Your rags will help in the fight: Start your rag bag now, don't leave it to others

A rolled military map of Sicily and southern Italy is paired with a blue panel showing a battledress blouse, beret-like cap and rope, above text saying scraps of cloth, wool, rope and string make maps, blankets and battledress. The front-line map links a household chore to a named campaign (transfer), and the last line, 'Don't leave it to others', adds a personal duty.

## 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

```
Your rags will help in the fight

THE SMALLEST 'BITS AND PIECES' OF CLOTH, WOOL, ROPE AND
STRING HELP TO MAKE MAPS, BLANKETS AND BATTLEDRESS

START YOUR RAG BAG NOW
DON'T LEAVE IT TO OTHERS

PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY FOSH & CROSS LTD., LONDON.  51-3519

[map labels:] Tyrrhenian Sea; Lipari Is.; Sicily; Messina; Catania; Reggio; Cosenza; Catanzara; Potenza; Bari; Taranto
```

[← Wings for Victory: More Savings - More Wings](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-wings-for-victory-more-savings-more-wings-wootton-1943/) [United We Win →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/united-we-win-1943/)

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