Political cartoon with a 3 paneled commentary on French and German collaboration

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Offwhite newsprint poster divided into 3 vertical, rectangular panels with cartoon drawings in oranges, grays, and blacks. The one word title across the top frames the 3 panels; there are boxed captions beneath each image. The left panel has features a man in a blacksmith’s apron with a hammer and anvil shaking hands with a man with a shovel and basket. In the background, a man plows a field and factory chimneys emit smoke. On the upper left is a circle with a man in uniform returning to his family. The center panel presents a large, glorified figure of a man in the background, Petain, in French military uniform with rays emanating from him. In front of him is a crowd of indistinct people clamoring and fighting. In the left foreground, 2 men are arguing; on the right, a caricature of a Jewish man colludes with a man in formal wear to undermine France by stealing the vote and throwing papers symbolizing French honor in a pot. The right panel has a large, red question mark floating over a background with a cloudy sky and desolate landscape; the initials, PJ, are in the lower right corner. On the reverse are penciled numbers and a euro sign.