THIS IS AN ORIGINAL WORLD WAR ONE PERIOD POSTER BY H.M.BATEMAN ENTITLED : 

THE RECRUIT WHO TOOK TO IT KINDLY.

MEASURING 50 X 37 CM, COLOURED IN YELO AND GREEN ON A PLAIN BACKGROUND, THIS POSTER WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED

BY PUNCH MAGAZINE THEN ISSUED HERE AS A POSTER. 

PRINTED FOR H,M,STATIONERY OFFICE BY LOWE AND BRYDONE PRINTERS LIMITED, LONDON.

REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF THE PROPRIETORS OF PUNCH

THIS CAME IN A BOX OF EARLY EPHEMERA FROM A COUNTRY HOUSE AND APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL RATHER THAN A MODERN  REPRINT.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SLIGHT CONDITION ISSUES. TWO SMALL HOLES ARE REPAIRED AND THERE IS A SMALL CHIP TO A LEFT HAND MARGIN.