WWII Counter Top Recruitment Displays (4), 'How she'll prize your letters from overseas,' one of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "Join the AIF" This poster is subtitled 'How she'll prize your letters...' and features a woman's hand holding a photograph of her soldier boyfriend on a camel. The letter is one of a bundle of other letters tied with ribbon. The image is in black and white set against a bright yellow background in the top two thirds of the poster with the main title and rising sun emblem printed in white beneath. The photograph featured was taken by D Parer in 1940 of Pte J.James taking a camel ride. (AWM001125) (Offset Lithograph on Card); 'Make her proud to say... "My Son overseas" one of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title "Join the AIF". This poster subtitled ' Make her proud to say..." My son overseas" links patriotic loyalty with familial loyalty. The image is of stylised graphic of a bundle of letters, a framed photograph of soldier and knitting all placed together on an ordinary side table. These symbols of domesticity signify a mother's pride in her son serving overseas. The image is set against a blue background with the title 'Join the AIF' and the rising sun emblem printed 37x24cm (each) (overall)

Provenance: Australian War Memorial, Canberra (deaccession).
Estimate $120-180