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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Sea-Pie > July 1919 > (2) Page 4 - Order of the boot |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74458440 |
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| Description | Advertisement for 'Nugget' boot polish. This advertisement features a cartoon depicting the Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany being kicked across the Rhine by a foot wearing a highly-polished boot. The text of the advertisement reads: 'The Order of the Boot. / The "stuff" that makes 'em "Smart"! / "NUGGET" BOOT POLISH' The Allied victory in World War I provided the designers of advertisements with great material. The triumphal tone of this example is supposed to be humorous, but it reflects a genuine national feeling after World War I that Germany had to be taught a lesson. This widely held attitude contributed to the Allies demanding dangerously high reparations from Germany at Versailles in 1919. |
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| Description | 'Sea-Pie' magazine was founded to raise funds for authorised naval charities. The first issue appeared on 23 June 1917, priced one shilling. The magazine typically contained short stories, poems, cartoons, and paintings and drawings, often on a nautical theme. |
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| Shelfmark | 6.88 |
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| Description | Editions of 'Blighty' (1917, 1918) and 'Sea Pie' (1917-1919), First World War magazines with pictures, stories, poems and humour. 'Blighty' was sent free to the men at the front and in the fleet. Profits from sales of 'Sea Pie' went to help sailors and their families. |
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