To the gun! Into the military men of the SA Black and white Sturmabteilung (SA) recruitment poster with a rifle over the British coastline

The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990. 

To the gun! Into the military men of the SA Black and white Sturmabteilung (SA) recruitment poster with a rifle over the British coastline 

overall: Height: 24.250 inches (61.595 cm) | Width: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm) 

German recruitment poster for the Sturmabteilung (SA), a Nazi paramilitary organization responsible for protecting party meetings, voter intimidation, and physically assaulting opponents. The wreath and sword symbol at the lower right are also featured on the SA sport badge and armband which were given out for physical accomplishment. As a result of the Great Depression and the growing popularity of the Nazi Party, SA membership swelled to 400,000 by 1932, and by 1933 membership was at approximately two million. On The Night of Long Knives, June 30, 1934, Hitler and the Schutzstaffel (SS) carried out a purge, murdering dozens of SA leaders including its cofounder and commander Ernst Röhm. Afterwards, the SA ceased to play a major role in Nazi affairs. 

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Offset lithographic poster with black, gray and white gradated background on faded light brown paper with an off center, weighted bottom border and a white linen backing. The image depicts a bolt action rifle with a shoulder strap against the background of the coastline of Wales and the northwestern coast of England. To the right of the gun is a canted swastika encircled by a wreath of oak leaves with a short, Roman style sword overtop. At the top is a line of white and red script and below the sword are four lines of white text. The letters SA are in large red print in the right corner. front, bottom left on linen, handwritten, pencil : 16/J front, bottom right on linen, handwritten, pencil : PII 202