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'Army Education Scheme will prepare you for your return to civil life', 1944

Lithograph information poster for the Army Education Scheme, designed by Abram Games (1914-1996), printed by J Howitt and Son Limited, Nottingham, for HM Stationery Office, 1944.

The subject of this demobilisation poster is 'Commerce' and 'Man and Society'. Games has included a stylised depiction of a question mark (representing a soldier), wearing a suit with its arms and legs flung outwards. It stands before a line of objects representing various professions and education; including a fountain pen, books and a globe. The Army Education Scheme helped prepare men for civilian life by training them and offering careers guidance.

From a collection of 45 posters from World War Two (1939-1945).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2013-07-2-10

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2013-07-2-10