Merchant Navy Comforts Service
1939

On the Atlantic Front

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On The Atlantic Front: Merchant Navy Comforts Service

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Early original WWII lithographed poster from 1939 depicting a merchant vessel running in heavy seas by artist Ellis Silas.

This old poster was produced by the Merchant Navy Comforts Service ( M.N.C.S. ) to garner donations for its activities in support of U.K. merchant seamen during the long battle with German submarines for the Atlantic Ocean. Message within the poster reads: " Send your thanks to the men who are winning the battle of the Atlantic by a donation to Merchant Navy Comforts Service, Appeal Headquarters: 62, Heath St. London, N.W.3."

The Merchant Navy Comforts Service provided warm clothing, books, and other supplies to seamen. Of special interest were the emergency rescue kits that the M.N.C.S. provided to destroyers and other vessels that often rescued sailors from the icy Atlantic. Each kit contained 10 items of hand-knitted and store-bought clothing and it is reported that over a 2 year period 85,000 kits were distributed.

Published by McCorquodale & Co. Ltd. London.

CREATOR: Merchant Navy Comforts Service

PUBLICATION DATE: 1939

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United Kingdom

BODY OF WATER: Atlantic Ocean

CONDITION: Very good. Linen-backed, very clean and bright with no condition issues. Ample margins. Faint traces of old folds, long ago flattened.

COLORING: Bright lithographed color.

ENGRAVER: Ellis Silas

SIZE: 19 " x 28 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

PRICE: $

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