WWll poster with an 03..

[A. F Medic]

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[Animalmother]

Cool poster. Interesting note: it appears that the rifle is an M1903, but the grips on the bayonet appear consistant with the M1917 bayo. Thanks for sharing.

[Rick the Librarian]

The picture was also based on a French poster from WWI, which showed a (French) soldier in almost the same pose.

[Loy Hamilton]

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[A. F Medic]

Cool poster. Interesting note: it appears that the rifle is an M1903, but the grips on the bayonet appear consistant with the M1917 bayo. Thanks for sharing.

I caught that about the bayo. Wonder how that happened?

[Critch]

I expect that the artist had a 1903 and a 1917 bayonet (or maybe just pictures) to use as models and not knowing anything about either one, just put the bayonet on the rifle, at least on paper.

[Rick the Librarian]

Here's the French poster from World War I that the U.S. poster in the first post was based on together with the U.S.poster - notice the similarities.