Advertising Poster National Savings British Character Sailing Climbing Car Racing Polar Exploration

Original vintage National Savings poster: Character Wins Achievement The National Savings Habit Develops Character featuring colourful illustrations - a steam train approaching a signal marked Foresight; men and husky dogs with sledges fighting again the snow and wind marked Endurance; lifeboat men on their way to help a ship in rough seas marked Courage; two workers at the top of a chimney high above a city street marked Self-Control; two rock climbers high above the countryside marked Perseverance; a classic car race marked Sound Judgement; an elderly couple sitting on a dock, the lady knitting and the man holding up a model ship with boats and people on the beach behind them marked Patience; and a propeller plane flying over clouds with land and ships and sea visible below marked Self-Reliance - with the text in the centre. No 216 issued by the National Savings Committee Westminster SW1. Printed for HM Stationery Office by Howard Jones Roberts and Leete Ltd London. Very good condition, restored small tear on left margin, backed on linen. Country of issue: UK, designer: Nowell Edwards , size (cm): 76x51, year of printing: 1935.