Buy US defense bonds Take a Punch at Hitler game
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The punch card game was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Michael D. Zentman.
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Buy US defense bonds Take a Punch at Hitler game
overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
Punch card game encouraging people to buy US Defense bonds and stamps. The United States Treasury Department sponsored 8 war loan drives from 1942 to 1945. The public could purchase a $25 war bond for $18.75 to help pay for the military’s expenses. The war bond could be redeemed 10 years after purchase for the full $25. If you could not afford a war bond, you could buy a war stamps, starting at 10 cents, which could be saved to purchase a bond. Bond quotas were set up on the national, state, county, and town levels to encourage the sale of war bonds. Volunteers went door-to-door to sell war bonds. It was considered a patriotic duty and an investment in victory. By the end of the war, 85 million Americans had purchased $185.7 billion dollars worth of bonds.
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Punch card game in red, white, and blue with a caricature of Hitler next to a swastika in the left corner. In the right corner is a large 2 cent symbol: 1 overlaid with a C. It includeshas printed instructions on how to use the card and play the game. It is in a blue backed glass frame.