Original British WWI “Fill up the Ranks! Pile up the Munitions!” Industry Propaganda Poster - 20 x 29½” Ancient the wooden grips intact

the wooden grips intact

at some point the axe head broke in two

Blade Length: 10¾ inches

motorcycle dispatch riders were first used in World War I by the Royal Engineers Signal Service

Overall Length: 11 7/8 inches

Original British WWI “Fill up the Ranks! Pile up the Munitions!” Industry Propaganda Poster - 20 x 29½” Ancient the wooden grips intactOriginal Item: Only One Available. Britains army at the beginning of the First World War was relatively small and professional. There was no conscription of population before 1916, and so recruitment of volunteers in large numbers became a huge challenge. The Parliamentary Recruitment Committee was set up at the start of the War, and chaired by the Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith. It used local political party associations to form a network which