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Premiers au Feu

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Premiers au Feu
Charles Buckles Falls
(1874-1960)
Acquisition Number: 2012.1187.321
Medium: Poster
Status: Reproduction Available - Click Here

The Marine Corps distributed this poster in August 1917. Falls used simple bold designs for his recruiting posters, preferring to work in a few contrasting colors. For this design, he used a flat dark green background with a contrasting yellowish color for the face of the Marine and a grey helmet. The words are in bold rounded white lettering that accentuate the eagle, globe, and anchor device on the helmet. National Museum of the Marine Corps