Lock Stock & Barrel Auctions, Live Auction #7 - Cody, Wyoming
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This historically significant Homefront display is in Good to Very Good (G/VG) condition, showing excellent display qualities and exceptionally bold color preservation throughout its primary graphic canvas. The condition assessment notes visible factory horizontal fold creases, minor edge wrinkling, and typical light age-toning across the white border margins consistent with wartime newsprint ephemera. Overall outer frame dimensions measure approximately 24.75" in width by 32" in height, neatly enclosing the complete, unaltered 20" x 28.5" official GPO-sized recruitment poster. Pertinent features include the dramatic Thomas Woodburn illustration of a spotter tracking twin-engine silhouettes, along with prominent text reading "Join the Army Air Forces Ground Observer Corps." This unique pairing is completely intact as a commemorative set, featuring the highly desirable, original embroidered blue-and-gold cloth AWS Observer wing patch mounted directly below the glass line. It represents a highly sought-after chapter in American civil defense history, honoring the local volunteers of the First Fighter Command who hand-monitored the skies during the height of World War II.
Lock Stock & Barrel Investments Inc.
2301 Lt. Childers St.
Cody, WY 82414
United States
T +13075278915