Shell Collection (page 2)

Blenheims and Messerschmitts by G. H. Davis
The fight between Bristol Blenheims and Messerschmitt 110 destroyer planes over the North Sea during the Second World War

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk - Marine Parade Date: circa 1910

A Selection of Museum Specimens
Specimens here include an Entomological tray of insect from the order Orthoptera, a herbarium sheet from Cooks first voyage collected in New South Wales, Australia in 1770 and fish specimens

Western Front, France, 1918
Telephone and pigeon men in a shell hole. Telephone lines are broken so messages have to be sent by carrier pigeons on the Western Front in France during World War I on 25th April 1918

French Artillery - 9
An artilleryman of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale passes a shell to his mate to load their breech- loading Gribeauval cannon

Ww1 Cartoon / Haircut 1916
COIFFURE IN THE TRENCHES " Keep yer ead still, or I ll ave yer blinkin ear off!"

Paixhans Cannon
The shell-firing cannon of H J PAIXHANS

Fontana del Tritone, Rome, Italy
Fontana del Tritone (Triton Fountain) - a 17th century fountain by the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. located in the Piazza Barberini, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Tools of the Australian aborigines
Tools and weapons of the Australian aborigines. Drinking vessel made of dulse leaf 1, stone knife 2, basket for shells 3, basket 4, shell necklace 5, spears 6-9, wooden sword 10, 12, shield 13

Second World War Trench Art lighter - a 20 mm shell
Second World War Trench Art lighter in the shape of a 20 mm. shell with an RAF great-coat button on top. Trench Art

Development of trench warfare in France by Matania
Protecting the man and armouring the trench. French soldiers wearing the new steel helmet holding an armoured trench during a violent German artillery bombardment

An Incident in the Attack on Bomarsund, Crimean War, 21 June 1854. During the battle a shell landed on board. Charles Davis Lucas threw it back overboard, and it exploded before reaching water

Clam, mussel, oyster, scallop, etc
Varieties of bivalve molluscs including clam, Tridacna, mussel, Mytilus, oyster, Ostrea, pen shell, Pinna, jingle shell, Anomia, and scallop, Pecten

Mother of pearl divers attacked by a shark, Tahiti. Date: 1885

Shell-shocked Italian soldier with bandage, WW1
Shell-shocked Italian soldier with bandage, travelling in a railway compartment, First World War. Drawing by Robert Sargeant Austin. circa 1918

The Sinking of the the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North
Illustration showing the German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst listing to starboard as she sank at the end of the Battle of North Cape, approximately 7.30pm on 26th December 1943

Pregnant Guppy N1024V under construction with On Mark Engineering at LAX - March 1962. the conversion was carried out in stages

Aviation Traders ATL-90 Accountant
The Prototype Aviation Traders Atl-90 Accountant at Southend Refuelling Date: 1957

The Nurse of the Negus Menelik of Abyssinia (Ethiopia). She certainly appears to have nursed a few in her time... Date: circa 1910s

Turbinated Shell, Bivalve Shell, Multivalve Shell

Canadian machine gunners, Passchendaele, Belgium, 11th Nov 1917

German shell bursting in Mons en Chaussee, France on 20th March 1917

German star shell bursting at night, Ploegseert, March 1916

WW1 - German Star shell bursting, Ploegsteert, Belgium - March 1916

Ypres Belgium WW1 3rd September 1917

WW1 Shell hole, Ypres, Belgium, 3rd Sept 1917

Australian Aerial Services, Camooweal to Daly Waters, Australia, pilot Captain Frank Neale with Aboriginal boys and Shell petrol cans - real photograph Feb 1930 Date: 1930

WW1 Tank going through shell holes Date: circa 1916

A British tank going through shell holes during WW1 Date: circa 1916

WW1 oil and petrol, Shell Motor Spirit, Best of Allies, Always in the Front Date: circa 1915

A British tank in mud and shell holes during WW1

WW2 - The Girls Of Today, Munitions
A WW2 children's book illustration from The Girls Of Today. The image shows a smiling munitions girl handling a large shell in the factory. Date: circa 1940s

Gunbai and Horagai - Japan
Two Horagai, traditional Japanese conch shell trumpets flanked by three gunbai (gunbai-uchiwa) once held by military leaders (such as daimyo) and priests in the past

Pretty young lady making a splash with a dive into the sea
I'm making a big splash down here'! A pretty young lady in a vivid red swimsuit and headscarf leaps into the sea, sending some of the other occupants of the waters flying into the air!

Shell Special Petrol - Shell Ltd. Date: 1933

The Thames Embankment, London - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, 1912, by Mappin and Webb, hallmarked London 1912, with fine model of Cody?s Flyer, Type No

The 155mm shell makes French soldier look small, WW1
WW1 The 155mm Shell makes French soldier (nicknamed Poilu) look small Date: circa 1916

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - The North is strong and we have shot down 4000 planes! Date: 1973

Carpathia and Titanic - decorated shells in oak frame
Carpathia and Titanic - rare post-disaster hand-decorated shells depicting the two ships, presented in a period oak frame. 6 x 4.5 inches. Date: circa 1910s

Owen Nares, English stage and film actor - he played the shell-shocked hero in Pinero's musical fable, The Enchanted Cottage Date: circa 1900

Turtle racing in Australia
Preliminary Preparations for a turtle Trip--Riding on the Backs of the turtles Down to the Sea, in Australia. The shell of the turtle, which is as broad as it is long

L'Atlantique liner towed into Cherbourg harbour
The burned out shell of French luxury cruise liner L'Atlantique towed into Cherbourg harbour Date: 1933

Spanish sallet. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883
Combat helmet. Spanish sallet (Celada de encaje). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Medieval Knight's helmet with visor. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Saint James the Pilgrim. Statue, 16th -17th centuries. Southern Germany. Polychromed wood. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Saint Alexius. 17th century. Workshop in Southern Germany. Carved wood in original colour. Detail. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

Apostles James and John. Attributed to Master of Ventosilla. Early 16th century. Oil on board. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2019

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