Poster for the Empire Marketing Board (1926-1933) campaign to promote intra-Empire trade. featuring flags of New Zealand, India, Italy, Britain, Canada. A reader suggests that what I thought was Italy might be green white and orange- Ireland.
There are a lot of things I don't understand here, once you get past the odd choice of fonts used by illustrator Austin Cooper. Where's Australia?
And, Buyers are builders? Shouldn't that be the other way round?
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That tricolor is an Irish flag, not Italian. Or so I believe.
Ahhh, orange instead of red. Thanks! Makes much more sense.
It might mean that buyers are helping to build the empire.
Propaganda you say, Mr G ...
How's it s'posed to work if you start asking questions about it ?
:-)
Exactly JP, don't ask questions just obey.
That is not an Italian flag but an Irish one - green-white-orange, not red. Even after the partition of of Ireland in the early twentieth century it remained part of the British Commonwealth until 1948.
https://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/ireland.htm
I am surprised though that neither Australia nor South Africa is represented.
Keep posting, you have some interesting material.
Regards,
Adam
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