Uncategorised Recruiting Poster

[Chuck In Oregon]

This is from the collection of the artist I mentioned in The Lounge. If there is a better forum for recruiting posters, I invite you to move it there.

When he took this in to be framed the frame shop mis-understood and dry-mounted it instead. What a shame, but it still looks pretty good.

[MasterBo]

hello, i have one for PanzerWaffe.

HJ-NSKK-PW

Edited February 26, 2009 by MasterBo

[Paul R]

I know that they were not made to last! How are they preserved so well? Are they affixed to a backing of some sort?

[Chuck In Oregon]

The first one is dry-mounted now, sad to say. I don't know how it stayed in such good condition over the past 60+ years.

[Paul R]

Is being dry mounted a bad thing? Please forgive my ignorance here, but it seems like it would prevent it from tearing or falling apart due to bending and etc.

[WRANGEL]

Hello,

two "Legion des Volontaires Francais" recruiting posters from my vintage posters collection. I choosed to have them backed on linen because it helps save the posters (no more tears and desacidification of the paper) and more over if there are some paper losses it can be easily restored. When not hanged on a wall (please don't put posters too long in the day or moon light otherwise within a couple of years all the colours will fade away) you can roll them (when there big, like the one with the knight which is 160 x 120 cm it is very convenient) and put them in a tube. This method is reversible and it is used by most of the Posters museum around the world.

By the way what is dry-mounted ?

Bill