Postcard of 5½% military loan "Patriotic and profitable»

The original postcard of the WWII period is in excellent collector's condition. I didn't pass the mail. Guarantee of authenticity.

Various sources were involved to cover the military expenses of the Russian army during the WWII period. One of them was domestic loans. During the First World War, Russia held 6 domestic bond loans totaling 8 billion rubles, which brought 7.4-8 billion rubles to the treasury. net revenue. With their help, about 30% of all military expenditures of the Russian Empire were covered. Initially, such loans within the country were focused mainly on banks and wealthy citizens. The fourth loan, issued in October 1915, was intended to expand the social base at the expense of small-cap holders. For the first time in the history of public finance in Russia, visual agitation was used to attract the broad masses of the people. In 1916, the State Bank for Agitation subscriptions for war loans decided to start producing propaganda posters and postcards. Such artists as Ivan Vladimirov, Vladimir Varzhansky, Richard Zarins and others were involved in their creation.

In an effort to awaken patriotic feelings in the people, the official press for the first time called the next loan a military one. Posters, propaganda pamphlets, and posters with the image of a young worker at a machine for grinding shells were produced everywhere. The state tried in every possible way to attract farmers to credit operations, who so far remained aloof from borrowing practices. After the February Revolution, the Provisional Government issued an internal loan for the continuation of military operations, called the "Freedom Loan". From the memoirs of the banker V. P. Anichkov, it is known that Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich signed up for the "Freedom Loan", buying bonds for 500,000 rubles. That five hundred thousand dollars was his entire fortune.