On eBay Now...Original WWI US Red Cross Poster - The First Three - Kidder For Sale
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Original WWI US Red Cross Poster - The First Three - Kidder:
$350.00
On the night of November 3,1917, a German trench raid near Bathelemont killed the first three Americansoldiers of the First World War: Corporal James Gresham of Indiana, PrivateThomas Enright of Pittsburgh, and Private Merle Hay of Iowa. Months later,their laurel-wreathed portraits went up on walls across America on this RedCross War Fund poster with an instruction that still lands a century later:'Give till it Hurts - they gave till they died.'
Original 1918 American Red CrossWar Fund Week lithograph by Benjamin Kidder, printed for the $100,000,000wartime drive. The Library of Congress holds this poster. The three namedportrait medallions before crossed American flags make it one of the mostemotionally direct posters of the war - and a crossover piece for AEF and 1stDivision collectors, since Gresham, Enright and Hay are among the most famousnames of the American war.
CONDITION: Original, rolled,unbacked and unrestored - original surface throughout. Creases throughout due to age (this is over 100 years old) but image ist strong. Medallions and flags are untouched by folds. Please review all photos before purchase.
SHIPPING: Rolled in acid-freetissue in a heavy tube.
RETURNS: 30-day returnsaccepted.