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Personification of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Flag - interesting only captioned as Austria. Date: circa 1910
The American Great White Fleet arrives in Australia - Uncle Sam meeting a Kangaroo. On 20 August 1908 well over half a million Sydneysiders turned out to watch the arrival of the Fleet
First Balkan War (1912 - 1913) - Hand-to-hand combatHand-to-hand combat during the First Balkan War as Greek troops overun a Turkish gun battery. The war lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League (Serbia, Montenegro, Greece)
Cartoon, John Bull is forced to accept American aid from Uncle Sam. Date: 1879
British Lion SeatedThe British Lion sitting in an armchair with a copy of The Times newspaper in his jacket pocket and a flag flying behind him
Great Britain - Union Flag with modern Britannia and LionGreat Britain - Union Flag with a modern Britannia and more traditional Lion. Date: 1906
WW1 - The British Lion wide awake and ready for actionWW1 era postcard sent in December 1914 - By this stage, the British Lion (sat on a large Union flag was " wide awake" and ready for action. Date: 1914
A woman in the costume of BritanniaA woman dressed up in the costume of National Archetype Britannia complete with helmet trident and union flag shield! Date: circa 1909
1st Rank French pre-dreadnought battleship the Republique. Date: circa 1917
The Head of Germania - Dresden, GermanyThe Head of Germania - the National monument on Niederwald Plaza (Square)- created by Johannes Schilling - Dresden, Germany. Date: circa 1909
Archetype - Personification of Wales - Traditional CostumeArchetype - Personification of Wales - Full Traditional Costume. The Prince of Waless feathers is the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales. The leek is another popular Welsh symbol. Date: 1903
Britannia by Felix Desruelles at Boulogne-sur-Mer, FranceBritannia by Felix-Alexandre Desruelles (18651943) at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - commemorating the arrival of the British troops in 1914
In Honour Bound - Patriotic postcard - WW1In Honour Bound - Patriotic postcard depicting the flags of the Victorious Allies of WW1. Date: circa 1918
The Girls Friendly Society Pageant at the Royal Albert HallAustralia - The Girls Friendly Society Pageant at the Royal Albert Hall on July 4th, 1925. Date: 1925
John Bull or You Dont Bamboozle - music hall song of 1862 by W. F. & Willem Vandervell. The character was a very popular symbol of the traditional Englishman
Patriotic French Postcard - Little soldiers and Marianne" Allons Enfants de la patrie..." A row of Patriotic little soldiers line up and stand to attention before the Personification of France
ALPHONSE DE ROTHSCHILD French banker, caricatured as archetype Jew planning to take over the world 1827 - 1905
The Swiss National Day - 1st August1st August 1915 - The Swiss National Day - celebrating the founding of the Swiss Confederacy. Painting by Henri van Muyden (1860-1936)
Justice - a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Liberte class. Date: circa 1917
Flaulx - a French Naval battleship. Date: circa 1917
WW1 - Italy - Remembrance postcard - " In the glorious memories of the past, she raises the Italian flag - her cry is Victory!" Date: circa 1917
Jean Russell in Fancy Dress as Britannia Date: circa 1920s
The front cover of Wild West Weekly - No.1 Vol. 1 - 12th March 1938. Packed with first class stries and two free gifts! Date: 1938
Postcard celebrating Czech - USA relations post-WW1Celebration of Czech-USA relations post-WW1. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and the United States played a major role in the establishment of Czechoslovakia on October 28, 1918
British Hunting Girl - American View - Red Ensign held aloftGreat Britain - Archetype / Personification - American View - Stylish hunting girl with crop, top hat and holding proudly aloft The Red Ensign or " Red Duster"
WW1 - Marianne pins a rosette onto a British Tommy - " Take this back to Tipperary". Date: 1915
The British Empire - Britannia looks out to sea from her perch atop the White Cliffs of Dover, defender of a proud nation, yet with her sights set further afield... Date: circa 1900
WWI - British Lion leads cubs of the Colonial TerritoriesFollowing in the Footsteps of the Dear Old Dad A Father-figure British Lion leads his four Cubs (representing Britains Colonial Territories of Canada, India)
WW1 - German Propaganda - A Call to Arms Like Thunder. Date: 1914
WW1 - Encouraging investment in the Commercial Bank of Italy" Give your shield to Italy" - a WW1-era card encouraging investment in the new 5% Italian loan available through the Commercial Bank of Italy. circa 1917
Japanese Anti-Chinese Propaganda - John Bull and Uncle SamJapanese Anti-Chinese Propaganda featuring a representation of Japan (as a military General), alongside John Bull (Britain) and Uncle Sam (USA)
French Propaganda postcard - WWIA French propaganda card from the end of the First World War, depicting a defiant Marianne, ordering Kaiser Wilhelm II ( The Cruel )
Greek Anti-British Propaganda Postcard - this translates as: " Greek Soldiers - this is whom you are fighting!" The British forces are characterised as a fat John Bull
WW2 - I m doing my share for Uncle Sam - Patriotic envelope - sent from Great Lakes, Illinois. Date: 1944
Victorious Irish guard decorated by Madeleine" Take this back to Tipperary" - At the end of WW1, a victorious Irish guard is decorated by a thankful Madeleine, the personification of the French State. Date: circa 1918
Britain Russia & France join forces for good of CivilisationWW1 Patriotic postcard - Britain Russia & France join forces for good of Civilisation. Germany felt that She only needed to speak for people to tremble.... (but that is just not the case!) Date: 1915
Mariano MorenoPostcard celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the May Revolution in Argentina, featuring an inset portrait of Mariano Moreno - (1778-1811) - an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician
Fancy Dress - WW1 - Group as patriotic national archetypes including Peace, Marianne, Britannia, Liberty and a lady from Japan
Representation of Liberty - USARepresentation of Lady Liberty - USA Date: circa 1890
WWI - German Infantry Officer Date: 1914
Repeating Pattern - French girl in Tricolore scarf / hat (green background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern
Paris Exposition of 1900 and inset portrait of MarianneParis Exposition (Exposition) of 1900 - The Monumental Gate (La Porte Monumentale) and an inset portrait of Marianne Date: circa 1901
Sir John Eldon Gorst sends 8th Duke of Devonshire into wellThe Story of the Duke and the Bunnygorst (cont.). Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908) as a rather lazy layabout
The Neglected Lion. The British Lion as Struwwelpeter, neglected by his politicians who " tinker up the laws and never manicure his claws." ! Date: 1899
The Swiss Cantons around a personification of SwitzerlandThe Swiss Canton flags around a personification of Switzerland Date: circa 1910s
Beauties - Four fine British Bulldogs and their two young female owners, one of whom (on the right) does not seem to be too happy with proceedings. Date: circa 1910s
Joseph Chamberlain leading John Bull deeperJoseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) leading John Bull (representing the British populace as a whole) inward into the deeper waters of his new Fiscal Policy
The United States - Black and White - Racial EqualityThe United States - Black and White - Equal opportunity for all races. Theodore " T.R." Roosevelt, Jr. (1858-1919) the 26th President of the United States