Original U.S. WWII USMC “And If Our Lines Should Form, Then Break” Propaganda Poster - Scarce - 30 x 39½”

Original Item. Only One Available. This poster was created during WWII for the Navy Department Industrial Incentive Division by the artist Cecil “C.C.” Beall. A Marine with clenched teeth and bloody bandage on his head grips his Colt sidearm and peers ahead at and unseen enemy with steely determination. Brothers in arms flank each side as something in the jungle behind them burns. The poster reads:

And If Our Lines Should Form, The Break
Because Of Thing Your Failed To Make
The Extra Tank, Or Ship, Or Plane
For Which We Waited All In Vain
And The Supplies Which Never Came
Will You Then Come And Take The Blame
For We, Not You, Will Pay The Cost
Of Battles You, Not We, Have Lost
a U.S. Marine

This is one of the more emotionally-resonating posters of the war, and is a very scarce example. This is the first example of this poster we’ve had. The poster measures roughly 30 x 39½” with heavy fold markings with some very minor fold crease tearing. This example would look fantastic in a frame!

Comes ready to frame and display.