Original Vintage British Army Royal Life Guards Recruitment Poster Marc Stone

Original vintage British Army recruitment poster - Join the Regular Army It's a Real Man's Life - featuring a stunning image by the British artist Marcus Stone (1909-1991) of a royal...

Original vintage British Army recruitment poster - It's a real man's life Join the Regular Army - featuring a Scottish Regiment soldier of the Scots Guards in traditional Scottish ta...

John Godfrey Bernard Worsley (1919-2000) - attributed Join the Regular Army through a Junior Leaders' Unit Original UK Army recruitment poster c....

"Join the Army at Once & Help to Stop an Air Raid" Vintage British WWI Poster, 1915 This vintage British recruitment poster, published in 1915, calls on men to join the Army. In full, the text reads, “It is far better to face the bullets than to be killed at home by a bomb / Join the Army at once & help stop an air raid / God save the king.” On the poster, a silhouette of London lies beneath a spotlighted German Zeppelin looming above. This recruitment poster is displayed in a custom-built archival frame. WWI was the first time British civilians were in the direct line of fire in the modern era, creating the idea of the "homefront.’" Traditionally concerned with its coastal borders, Britain was highly unprepared for a sudden and prolonged German air raid. Throughout 1915 and 1916, successive German Zeppelin attacks ravaged several cities, but most notably London. These attacks continued until 1918, but newer aircrafts were used. The Germans hoped to enrage the British people so that they would demand their government made peace. However, their plan backfired when the United Kingdom cried for German defeat...