Balkans Collection (#2)

WWI - Balkan Front - Belgrade Citadel - Arsenal destroyed
WWI - Balkan Front (1914-1915) - Belgrade Citadel - Arsenal destroyed. In the distance is Hungary. Date: 1915

CONSTANTINE I (1868-1923). King of Greece (1913-1917 and 1920-1922). Portrait from 1915

German Skutari Detachment inspection, Albania, WW1
The German Skutari Detachment during an inspection of troops, Scutari, Albania, First World War. Date: circa 1914

Eleftherios Venizelos reviewing Greek regiment, WW1
Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936), Greek politician, who served as Prime Minister 1910-1920 and 1928-1932. Seen here reviewing a Greek regiment before it marches out of Salonika to meet the Bulgarian

Expansionist tendencies
Germany(a roaring Kasier Wilhem II), Britain(Edward VII) and the Balkans grapple for control of territory. Russia(Tsar Nicolas II)smokes nonchalantly

First Balkan War (1912 - 1913) - Battle of Bonarchisni
The Battle of Bonarchisni, 16th - 21st October 1912. The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League (Serbia, Montenegro, Greece)

The Balkan Princess, by Frederick Lonsdale & Frank Curzon
The Balkan Princess, the musical comedy success, by Frederick Lonsdale and Frank Curzon, with music by Paul Rubens. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, February 1910

Ethnographic Museum. Gjirokastra. Albania
Ethnographic Museum hosted in a tower house (Kulla). Gjirokastra. Albania. Date: 20070809

Albania. Gjirokaster. Ottoman tower house. Exterior. Date: 20070809

Albania. Gjirokaster. Castle, clock tower and tower houses
Albania. Gjirokaster. Castle built in 18th century ordered by the tribal leader Gjin Bue Shpata and the clock tower, added from 1811 by the Ottoman governor Ali Pasha of Tepelena

Republic of Montenegro. Kotor. Partial View
REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO. KOTOR. Partial view. In 1979 UNESCO declared World Heritage the whole Natural, Cultural and Historical Region

REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO. Kotor. The wall
MREPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO. Kotor. The wall

REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO. Perast. Saint Nicholas Church. Tower

Independence of Bosnia Herzegovina, 1875. Fight near Trebign
Independence of Bosnia Herzegovina, 1875. Uprising Herzegovina. Fight near Trebigne, who won the insurgents. Engraving. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1875. Colored

REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO. KOTOR. View of the city with the church of St. Nicholas. In 1979 UNESCO declared World Heritage the whole Natural, Cultural and Historical region of Kotor

REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO. KOTOR. General view of the city. Wor
REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO. KOTOR. General view of the city along the fjord and the ancient wall. In 1979 UNESCO declared World Heritage the whole Natural, Cultural and Historical region of Kotor

REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO. KOTOR. Partial view of the city along the fjord and the church of Our Lady of Remedy (1518). In 1979 UNESCO declared World Heritage the whole Natural

REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO. Perast. Lady of the Rock Island

Munitions in the Balkan war-area
A British soldier near an underground bomb-proof magazine designed as a reserve magazine in proximity to one of the British hevay-gun batteries during WW1. Date: 1916

Racial / Albania Woman
Moslem woman at Shkoder (Scutari) Date: 1913

Racial / Bessarabia Girl
A girl from Bessarabia, Romania Date: 1939

Alexander / Serbia
King Alexander declares himself of age and arrests the two regents Date: 1893

Serbia V Bulgaria 1885
SERBIA - BULGARIA WAR The fight at Pirst Date: 1885

Reserves / Braila / Romania
Soldiers announce the calling out of reserves in Braila in connection with the peasants revolt of 1907. Date: 1907

Stephen 1V / Niamtzo / 1484
Stephen IV (the Great), prince of Moldavia, approaches a castle at Niamtzo with his troops. Date: 1484

Russians in Balkans
Russian troops advance into the Turkish-occupied Balkans in a snowstorm Date: January 1878

Peter I / Cartoon
Europe watches while King Peter I of Serbia tries to control his ministers Date: 1903

Turks Evacuated / Balkans
The Turks evacuate Montenegro Date: 1862

Turks Mutilate Rebels
Herzegovinian rebels mutilated by Turks - their heads mounted on poles and publicly exposed at Widdin (now Vidin). Date: 1876

WW1 - Balkan Indecision
WW1 - An illustrated personification of Romanias and Bulgarias indecision and role in the war. The two countries are personified as two men in conversation to decide whether to take a swim in

FERDINAND I of Bulgaria (1861-1948). Regent then Tsar of Bulgaria in 1908 on the countrys independence from the Ottoman Empire. Illustration of 1915. Engraving

Sphere cover - General Franchet by Fortunino Matania
Sphere front cover illustration by Fortunino Matania of Louis Felix Marie Francois Franchet d Esperey (1856-1942), French Army General during the First World War when he was Commander-in-Chief of

Women of Montenegro at the Front, WW1
As Europe mobilises for war, Montenegrin wives play a part by climbing the mountains to provision the frontier forts and by assisting in the digging of earthworks. Date: 1914

Serbian reservists at the beginning of World War I
While the bombardment by the Austrians of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, was proceeding, Serbia rapidly called on her reservists

Belgrade, capital of Serbia
A view of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, showing the landing place and cathedral. Date: c. 1914

Russian advance in Balkans by G. H. Davis
Russias advance in the Balkans during the Second World War: a pictorial map of the terrain. The Eastern Balkans and Carpathian passes: a map showing mountain passes, railways and oilfields. Date: 1944

Map Balkans
The map is labelled Turkey because at this time the Balkans are under the dominion of the Ottoman Empire and constitute most of Turkey in Europe. Date: 1812

Serbian Folk Dancers
Tradional folk dancing in Serbia. Date: 1930s

Sergeant-Major Flora Sandes - British Woman in Serbian Army
Flora Sandes (22 January 1876 24 November 1956) was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in World War I. Initially a St

WW1 - Balkans - French troops leave the Provence on a tugboat Date: 1915

WW1 - French / Serbian Artillery position in Serbia Date: circa 1915

Serbian Villagers celebrate a traditional festival day, including a girl on a swing attached to a tree. One might also note they could potentially be celebrating a certain postcard collection at Mary

French Farman Aircraft Squadron at Thessaloniki, Greece (do look at: 10818253, which shows these aircraft being delivered, in crates!) Date: circa 1916

WW1 - Balkans - French aircraft squadron Date: 1915

Gathering Roses in Rumelia (Balkans)
Gathering Roses in Rumelia (a historical term describing the area now referred to as the Balkans or the Balkan Peninsula when it was administrated by the Ottoman Empire). Date: 1880s

WWI - Balkan Front - Fortified artillery post with French and Serbian gunners / artillerymen. Date: 1915

Macedonia - Band in the Encampment
The Macedonian Campaign of 1917 - The Band in the Encampment. The Macedonian Front (or Salonika front) of World War I was formed as a result of an attempt by the Allied Powers to aid Serbia

Christmas in the Balkans. Illustration shows Santa Claus climbing out a window, leaving behind a large sack of Christmas presents in front of a large fireplace where stockings labeled Montenegro

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