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The Tank Tour restored 1918 Scottish war bonds poster: a British First World War tank crossing barbed wire with its guns firing beneath a blank scroll banner
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The Tank Tour: Buy National War Bonds — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A 1918 poster from Scotland, restored: a British tank grinds across the barbed wire under the banner The Tank Tour, calling on people to buy National War Bonds and War Savings Certificates when the tank came to town.

Paper or framed print
Unframed or framed, printed to order in the USA.

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Made to order. All sales final. Replacements or refunds only for damaged, faulty or incorrect prints reported within 7 days. Returns policy

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  • Free Standard shipping to the US
  • Printed to order in the USA, paper or framed
  • 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.

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Each size is shown to scale on the same wall. Prints are unframed and made to order.

Description

The The Tank Tour poster

The Tank Tour was issued in June 1918 by the Scottish War Savings Committee in Edinburgh and printed by McLagan & Cumming. A First World War British tank crosses barbed wire with its guns firing, while kilted soldiers stand in silhouette on the horizon. The blank scroll at the top was left so each town could print its own tour dates.

The poster advertised one of the most popular fundraisers of the war. From late 1917, real tanks back from the front toured British towns as mobile “tank banks”. People queued to buy National War Bonds from £5 to £5,000, or War Savings Certificates at 15 shillings and 6 pence, from a cashier inside the tank. The tank Julian toured Scotland, and Edinburgh alone raised more than £4.7 million in its tank week in January 1918.

This is a British poster, part of our Allied collection, made the year after the United States entered the war.

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Restored edition

Restored from a photograph of an original print. The colour was cleaned and brought back, with folds, stains, tears and wear removed. The lettering and printed marks are kept from the original.

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.

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