Anniversary Collection (#4)

No 3 Commando & Brigadier Peter Young Memorial
This is at Petiville and was inaugurated on the 50th Anniversary by a delegation of Commandos and veterans. In the Mairie are a picture of the Brigadier

9th Para & 1st Canadian Para Bns Memorial, Varaville
This grey marble Memorial was erected on the 50th Anniversary of D-Day. At the bottom is a bronze plaque presented to Varaville by Canadian 1st Para veterans and unveiled in June 1997

Satirical cartoon, Blanchard landing in a field
Satirical cartoon, Blanchard the balloonist landing in a field, causing disruption to people and animals. Date: circa 1785

Satirical cartoon, Blanchard flying across the Channel
Satirical cartoon, Blanchard the balloonist flying with large wings, crossing the English Channel from Calais to Dover, carrying a ship. Date: circa 1785

Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the Channel in a balloon
Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the English Channel in a balloon, 7 January 1785 -- 100th anniversary commemoration. Date: 1785

The Caravel Pinta
Reconstruction of the caravel Pinta from Columbus first voyage to celebrate the 400 year anniversary, which is why the flag flying is the modern U.S. flag. Date: 1892

The Caravel Nina
The reconstructed caravel ship of Columbus first fleet, called the Santa Clara but nicknamed the Nina because of its smaller size and her owner Juan Nino of Moguer

Leopold I of Belgium - King of the Belgians (1790-1865) - a German prince who became the first King of the Belgians following the countrys independence in 1830

Italian Mens Catholic Action Organisation, 30th Anniversary event. circa 1935

King George V and Queen Mary, St Paul s, London
King George V and Queen Mary driving through St Pauls Churchyard, London, on the occasion of their Silver Wedding in July 1918. 1918

Irish Literary Society
Celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Irish Literary Society, London, and the National Literary Society of Ireland at Dublin, 1913. Left to right, front row, includes Agnes O Farrell, A.P

Gloster Gladiator I G-AMRK - K8032
Gloster Gladiator I G-AMRK / K8032 (msn FLWA25488) of the Shuttleworth Trust from old Warden in Bedfordshire. The aircraft is seen at the 50th Anniversary of the RFC air display at RAF Upavon

Royal Aircraft Factory SE. 5A G-EBIA - D7000
Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5A G-EBIA / D7000 (msn 654/2404) of the Shuttleworth Trust from old Warden in Bedfordshire. The aircraft is seen at the 50th Anniversary of the RFC air display at RAF

Bristol F. 2b Fighter G-AEPH - D8096
Bristol F.2b Fighter G-AEPH / D8096 (msn 7575) of the Shuttleworth Trust from old Warden in Bedfordshire. The aircraft is seen at the 50th Anniversary of the RFC air display at RAF Upavon. Date: 1962

Avro 621 Tutor G-AHSA - K3215
Avro 621 Tutor G-AHSA / K3215 of the Shuttleworth Trust from old Warden in Bedfordshire. The aircraft is seen at the 50th Anniversary of the RFC air display at RAF Upavon. Date: 1962

USAF - North American F-100C-15-NA Super Sabre O-41823
United States Air Force - North American F-100C-15-NA Super Sabre O-41823 (54-1823) (msn 217-84) of the 452nd Fighter Squadron, 322nd Fighter Group, Foster AFB, Victoria, TX

Couple Eyes New Watch Date: 1950

Classical Building. Chicago. Date: 1893

Centenary Pageant - Stockton and Darlington Railway
Centenary of British Rail Transportation Pageant - Stockton and Darlington Railway - visit by the Duke and Duchess of York - July, 1925. Date: 1925

Celebrating 10 Years of the Turkish Republic
The celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic at Bayazit in Istanbul. Date: 1935

Primrose Day 1893
Primrose Day in Parliament Square, London, was an anniversary of the death of British statesman and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, who died on the 19th April 1881

FESTIVAL JULY 1790
Celebrating the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille, Parisians enjoy fireworks and dancing on the Champs Elysees throughout the night. Date: 18 July 1790

ST ANNES SOCIETY DINNER
The anniversary festival of the Royal Asylum of St Annes Scoiety, in the hall of the Clothworkers Company; the Duke of Cambridge is in the Chair. Date: 1889

BASTILLE CELEBRATED
On the third anniversary of the attack on the Bastille, patriotic celebrations express the jubilation of the revolutionaries Date: 14 July 1792

Trafalgar Day 1900
Crowds gather round Nelsons column in Trafalgar Square on Trafalgar Day to celebrate the victory of French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. Date: 21 October 1900

Royal Air Force Auster T. 7 WE600
Royal Air Force Auster T.7 WE600, at the RAF 50th anniversary show, RAF Abingdon. Delivered on 25 May 1951, relegated to ground training duties as 7602M and later preserved in the RAF Museum

Auster T. 7 WE600
Auster T.7 WE600 at RAF Abingdon for the RAF 50th Anniversary. WE600 was delivered on 25 May 1951, later allotted maintenance serial 7602M and ultimately preserved at the Cosford Aerospace Museum

de Havilland DH. 114 Heron CC. 4 XM295
de Havilland DH.114 Heron CC.4 XM295 (msn 14129) at RAF Abingdon for the 50th Anniversary of the RAF. XM295 was delivered on 17 April 1958 and after de-mob was given B-class registration G41-2-68

Grand Banquet of the Officers of the Coldstream Guards
Grand Banquet to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the enrolment of the Coldstream Guards, 22nd May 1850 in the Banquet Room, St Jamess Palace Date: 1850

Orleans, France - The 500th Anniversary - Joan of Arc
Orleans, France - The President of France (Joseph Athanase Gaston) Paul Doumer (1857-1932) and his principal Ministers lead a parade to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Jeane D Arc hearing

Brazil, South America - Sao Vicente - Monument
Sao Vicente, Sao Paolo, Brazil, South America - Monument built to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of St. Vincent, inaugurated in 1933. Date: circa 1934

500th anniversary of the birth of Joan of Arc - Re-enactment
500th anniversary of the birth of Joan of Arc in 1412 - Historic Cortege of May 7th. Re-enactment Men of the people carrying attack machines (Siege equipment?). Date: 1912

Sydney, NSW, Australia - Anniversary Regatta in the Harbour. The Australia Day Regatta, proudly acclaimed as the oldest continuously-conducted annual sailing regatta in the world

Geneva, Switzerland - The Russian Orthodox Church - celebrating 50th birthday in 1916. Date: 1916

IMechE 75th anniversary dinner card (1846-1921). Date: 1921

From left: Philip Wills, Constance Babington-Smith and P?
From left: Philip Wills, Constance Babington-Smith and Philip Lucas, at the 94th Anniversary Luncheon at the Dorchester Hotel, London, on 12 January 1960

Field Marshal von Mackensen and Major General Busch
Field Marshal August von Mackensen (1849-1945) (centre) and Major General Ernst Busch (1885-1945) (right), German Army officers

Membership certificate, Labour Party 50th Anniversary
Membership certificate, In commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Labour Party (1900-1950), for use during the Jubilee Year, with quotations from Keir Hardie and Clement Attlee. Date: 1950

Lithuania. Vilnius. Orthodox Church of St. Michael and St. Constantine or Romanov Church, built in 1913 by I. Kolesnikov. Exterior

Titus (39-81). Roman Emperor. Colossal Head
Titus (39-81). Roman Emperor. Flavian dynasty. Colossal Head. Marble. Found in Via Palestro, Rome. From National Archaeological Museum (Naples). Temporary exhibition, Vespasian

50th Anniversary of the vision of Bernadette at Lourdes
Postcard commemorating the 50th Anniversary (in 1908) of the vision of the Virgin Mary, which appeared to Marie Bernarde Bernadette Soubirous (18441879) at Lourdes in 1858

Mussolini Speaks
Mussolini speaks in the Colosseo at Rome, on the fourth anniversary of the Blackshirts march on Rome Date: 28 October 1926

Sir Winston Churchill and Lady Clementine Churchill
Cover of the Illustrated London News showing Sir Winston Churchill and his wife, Lady Clementine Churchill, hand in hand sitting on a sofa

Diamond Jubilee - Princess Louise and Empress Frederick
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee - Black and white lantern slide of a horse drawn carriage carrying Princess Louise and Empress Frederick through large crowds and Green Park

Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1887
Queen Victoria passing under the screen after the thanksgiving service in Westminister Abbey, London. 21 June 1887

Anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Serbia, showing refugees and soldiers on the move in Serbia during the First World War

Guests at the Royal Aeronautical Society?s 80th annivers?
Guests at the Royal Aeronautical Society?s 80th anniversary dinner at Guildhall, London, on 11 January 1946

Kiev, Ukraine - Outlet for Swedish SKF Company
20th Anniversary of SKF, Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB, a Swedish ball bearing company founded in 1907, which supplies bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products

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