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Your Metal Is Their Might!

Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer1943

U.S. National Archives

U.S. National Archives
United States

A color poster featuring an illustration of three uniformed soldiers working a machine gun that is pointing to the right and firing. Spent shells are seen being extracted from the gun. White text at the top of the poster reads: Your METAL is their MIGHT! In red in the lower right corner of the poster is the Great Seal of the United States and "U. S. ARMY". The artwork is by Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer. Additional small text in the bottom margin reads: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943-O-535337.

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  • Title: Your Metal Is Their Might!
  • Creator: Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer (1897-1982), U.S. Army, U.S. Government Printing Office, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration
  • Date Created: 1943
  • Location Created: Washington, DC
  • Physical Dimensions: overall H 28 1/8 in x W 40 in (71.4 cm x 101.6 cm )
  • Provenance: Gift of Adriance Memorial Library
  • Type: Poster
  • Original Source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/739394
  • Rights: Unrestricted
  • Medium: paper
U.S. National Archives

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