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Space Memorabilia - lunar meteorite
Space Memorabilia - stunning NWA 11303 Lunar Meteorite weighing eight grams and measuring 37mm. Moon rocks are incredibly rare, making up only 1 per cent of meteorite falls

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy on a silk postcard
There were various different types of sllk cards - woven, embroidered and machine woven. Victor Emmanuel took an active part in the War, moving to the Front when Italy declared war on Austria

Children on a frozen pond on a Christmas card
Three children sledding on a frozen pond on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Juan de Flandes (1460-1519). Early Netherlandish painter. Ec
Juan de Flandes (1460-1519). Early Netherlandish painter, active from 1496-1519. Ecce Homo. Before 1496. National Gallery. Prague. (Sternberg Palace). Czech Republic

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1470, by Master of the Sta
Master of the Statues of Koudewater (active c. 1460-1480). Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1470. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Virchow (Spy)
RUDOLF VIRCHOW German pathologist associated with tuberculosis, rickets etc. : also an active politician who opposed Bismarcks policies Date: 1813 - 1902

WWI Poster, Come into the ranks and fight
Come into the ranks and fight for your King and Country. Don t stay in the crowd and stare. You are wanted at the Front. Enlist today. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster. Date: 1915

Turkey (1839). Istanbul
Ottoman Empire (1839). Istanbul. Fountain of Amet III. Litography. TURKEY. THRACE. Istanbul. Library of Ahmed III (Topkapi Palace)

WW2 Poster -- Your Release can be delayed with VD
Your Release can be delayed with VD! Colour lithograph, British Army anti-venereal disease medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper

WW2 Poster -- Mosquitoes Mean Malaria
but my dear! You must try the troops. Don t give them the chance - Mosquitoes Mean Malaria! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper

Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan, WW1
Book Cover mounted on card - Life Amongst the Sand Bags by Hugo Morgan (The Soldier Books). Design by 240455 Private George Barrow, 6th Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry (formerly 7389)

J. C. Vickery advertisement with Fums Up lucky mascot, WW1
Advertisement for J C. Vickery, Their Majesties Jeweller, featuring an active service watch with luminous hands and figures and FUMSUP" for luck, a popular lucky charm or talisman for soldiers

Pocket battleship Deutschland by G. H. Davis
A hunted German raider believed to be active in the Atlantic: the pocket battleship Deutschland. A photograph (above), and a cross-section drawing (below). Date: 1939

Sorrento and Vesuvius, Italy
Sorrento, Italy, with Vesuvius smoking in the background. Date: late 19th century

Advert for the Olva sleeping blanket, WW1
Advertisement for the Olva improved sleeping blanket, a great improvement on the ordinary sleeping bag. Invaluable for officers on active service

H. M. S. Fearless
An Active class scout cruiser of the Royal Navy, the Fearless was launched in 1912 and in World War One led the 1st Destroyer Flotilla in the Battles of Heligoland Blight, 1914, and Jutland 1916

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), Queen Victorias fourth son and eighth child shown reading. The most academic of the Queens sons, Leopold led a closeted existence due to his haemophilia

Cutting the first turf of the Bristol and North Somerset Rai
Mrs Milward, wife of the Rev. Prebendary Milward (an active advocate for the railway), seen cutting the first turf at Clutton of the Bristol and North Somerset Railway

People on Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia
People on Mount Bromo, an active volcano in the Tengger massif, East Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1910

English Packet Boat passes Stromboli
An English Packet Boat passes Stromboli, a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing one of the three active volcanoes in Italy

Advert for Shoolbreds wristwatch 1915
Shoolbreds service wristwatch, with self closing cover. 1915

Lighthouse, Ramsgate - Across water ( with sailing ship) to lighthouse. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. The lighthouse situated on the West harbour arm was built in 1842

Spain. Aragon. Tarazona. Altarpiece of chapel of the Purificacion, 1493. Nuestra senora de la Huerta Cathedral. Pentecost. Descent of the Holy Spirit

Phyllis and Zena Dare roller skating at Olympia
Actress sisters Phyllis and Zena Dare pictured on roller skates on the rink at Olympia at a time when roller skating was all the rage. Date: 1910

Wolsey bathing suits and beach suits advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for Wolsey bathing and beach suits made of smooth, soft wool, with an elastic, close-ribbed knit that makes them fit, in the water or out of it, just like an extra skin. Date: 1931

Saint John the Baptist, c. 1470, by Master of the Statues of
Master of the Statues of Koudewater (active c. 1460-1480). Saint John the Baptist, c. 1470. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Smoke rising from Mount Asama, Honshu Island, Japan
Smoke rising from Mount Asama - an active complex volcano in central Honshu, the main island of Japan. The volcano is the most active on Honshu. Date: circa 1907

Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Owakidani - rising steam
Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Owakidani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1904

Mount Fuji, Japan - View from Owakidani with man on horseback in foreground Date: circa 1904

Mount Fuji, Japan - A small sailing boat crosses wetlands Date: circa 1904

Japan - Watching volcanic disturbance, Mount Aso
Japan - Watching volcanic disturbance at the Mount Aso volcano, Higo Province (an old province of Japan in the area that is today Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu)

Caricature of Sir Michael Costa, conductor and composer
Caricature of Sir Michael Andrew Angus Costa (1808-1884), Italian-born conductor and composer active in England. 1882

Early woman police officer, Mrs M B Crowle
Early woman police officer, Mrs Mary Beatrice Crowle, one of the first members of a special womens patrol set up at the start of the First World War

See-saw in the garden
Eight men are around a wooden structure, probably some sort of see-saw. The man on the right of the see-saw has fallen off and the man on the left has landed heavily on the ground as a result

Photograph of a Belgian ex-patient
Photograph of a Belgian soldier holding a copy of the newspaper Het Vaderland. Below the photograph is written Artieme Mettrie, Arme頂 elge, Guerre 14-15-1916

Studio photograph of Artieme Mettrie
A studio photograph of Artieme Mettrie. On the reverse is written Souvenir de l yser 24-12-17 avec mes meilleurs amitiez Artieme Mettrie. The card has been stamped by a military censor

Belgian soldiers larks at Quex Park
Seven men are larking about with a large bath chair or basket. One man is underneath it, two others are sitting on top or behind it, others are standing around. They are all very amused

Antoine De Granvielle
ANTOINE DE GRANVELLE Devious French churchman, cardinal, active in the Netherlands. Date: 1517 - 1586

O D Gordon, Dutch Milit
O D GORDON Dutch patriot and soldier during the Revolutionary War. Date: ACTIVE 1796

Joshua Ellison, Naval
JOSHUA ELLISON British naval captain, probably active during the Napoleonic Wars. Date: CIRCA 1800

Edhem Pasha
EDHEM PASHA Turkish soldier and statesman, active during the war of 1876. Date: 1815 - 1890

Jules F Dupuis-Delcourt
JULES FRANCOIS DUPUIS-DELCOURT French balloon pioneer, with many ambitious projects which only occasionally bore fruit. Date: ACTIVE 1820S-1850S

David Davis, Jurist
DAVID DAVIS American lawyer, jurist and statesman, active in securing Lincolns nomination. Date: 1815 - 1886

Henry Seymour Conway 1
HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY British military commander, an active if not brilliant soldier : friend of Horace Walpole. Date: 1721 - 1795

Henry Seymour Conway 2
HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY British military commander, an active if not brilliant soldier : friend of Horace Walpole. Date: 1721 - 1795

Henry Seymour Conway 3
HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY British military commander, an active if not brilliant soldier : friend of Horace Walpole - this portrait was in his collection. Date: 1721 - 1795

Cassius Marcellus Clay
CASSIUS MARCELLUS CLAY American statesman : active abolitionist, publishing abolition newspaper : served in Mexican War; later U.S. minister to Russia. Date: 1810 - 1903

George Rogers Clark
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK American military, active on the frontiers of civilisation against the Native Americans, British and suchlike lesser breeds. Date: 1752 - 1818

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