Crush the Prussian, Buy a Bond, 3rd Liberty Loan (1918) WWI Liberty Loan poster: a tank crushes a German trench while American soldiers advance. Restored print edition.

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Crush the Prussian: Buy a Bond, 3rd Liberty Loan — Paper Print

Name: Crush the Prussian: Buy a Bond, 3rd Liberty Loan — Paper Print
SKU: AMP-PRT-054
Availability: InStock

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A 1918 Third Liberty Loan poster: a tank crushes a German trench while American infantry advance. One of the few WWI bond posters with a tank as its subject.

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Quality promise: damaged, faulty or incorrect prints replaced if reported within 7 days (details)

Paper & printing

Giclée print on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper: a smooth, natural-white fine-art stock with no glare, so the restored colours read true under any light.

Each print has a slim white border and is supplied unframed, ready for a standard frame or hanging clips.

Shipping & returns

Every print is made to order. Standard shipping to the US is free; Express is available at checkout. You will get tracking details by email when your print is on its way.

Because each print is custom-made, all sales are final and we do not accept change-of-mind returns. If your print arrives damaged, has a production fault or is the wrong item, tell us within 7 days of delivery with photos and we will send a free replacement.

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Which size should I choose?

11.7 × 16.5 in suits a desk, shelf or gallery wall. 20 × 28 in works above a desk, console or bed. 23.4 × 33.1 in is a statement piece above a sofa or in a hallway.

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Framing

Framed prints come in a solid wood, satin-finish frame in black, white or natural wood, glazed with shatterproof acrylic. The print is the same 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper as our unframed editions.

Framed artwork sizes are 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in and 23 × 33 in (the frame adds a little to each side). Every frame is made to order in the USA and arrives with a hook fitted, ready to hang.

SKU: AMP-PRT-054 Categories: Army, Fine-Art Paper Prints, Home Front, World War I

Restoration

Before & after

Drag the divider to compare the archival source scan with our restored edition. Tears, stains, fading and paper damage were repaired by hand while keeping the original artwork, lettering and colors true to the period.

Your print is made from the restored edition on the right.

Crush the Prussian: Buy a Bond, 3rd Liberty Loan — Paper Print archival source

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Description

Description

The Crush the Prussian poster

“Crush the Prussian: Buy a Bond, 3rd Liberty Loan” is a 1918 American war-bond poster from the Third Liberty Loan, the drive that ran from 6 April to 4 May 1918 and raised more than four billion dollars from eighteen million subscribers. A British-style heavy tank rears over a shattered trench as a shell bursts in a star of orange flame. German soldiers in spiked helmets throw up their hands or lie fallen beneath it, while American infantry advance on the right. Orange and green lettering frames the scene: CRUSH THE PRUSSIAN at the top, BUY A BOND and 3rd LIBERTY LOAN below.

The artist is not recorded, and the Library of Congress holds the poster in the Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. It is one of the few American bond posters with a tank as its subject, and the Library’s own teaching staff use it as an example of a poster that sells bonds through aggression rather than fear or guilt. A striking piece of armored-warfare and home-front history for a study, office, den or bar, and a natural companion to our Tank Corps recruiting prints.

Read the full history of the poster, the Third Liberty Loan and the tank on it.

Print edition

Prepared from a restored image of an original 1918 lithograph as a high-resolution 300 dpi print edition, keeping the orange lettering, the green panels and the flash of the shell burst sharp at every size.

Compare the Library of Congress scan of the original with our restored edition in the before and after slider below. The paper had yellowed unevenly, a fold ran across the sheet and the navy sky had faded towards grey-green; we took the colours back to the printed inks and left the drawing alone.

Sizes and options

Paper print: 11.7 × 16.5 in, 20 × 28 in or 23.4 × 33.1 in
Framed print: 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in or 23 × 33 in, in a black, white or natural wood frame, ready to hang

Printed to order in the USA on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper. Free Standard shipping to the US. Compare the print sizes.