Armed Collection (page 12)

Richard Wagner. Monument
WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). German composer of Romanticism. Inauguration of a monument in his honor. Thiergarten, Berlin. 1903

Attic cup with. warship
Attic cup woth warship. 5th c. BC. Black-figure pottery. Classical Greek art. Ceramics. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum

China - Tien Tsin Ruins
Lantern slide of Tien Tsin Ruins. The Tientsin Massacre (Tianjin Religious Case), one of the most important missionary incidents of the late Qing Dynasty

HMS Cressy, British heavy (armed) cruiser. Date: circa 1904

HMS Hawkins, British heavy (armed) cruiser. Date: circa 1920

HMS Lancaster, British heavy (armed) cruiser, Monmouth class. Date: circa 1904

German reservists arrested at Folkestone, August 1914, WW1
German reservists marching under armed guard after being arrested at Folkestone when they were about to embark for Flushing

RMS Caronia, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada, WW1
RMS Caronia, British ocean liner, seen here at Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada, after being requisitioned as an armed merchant cruiser on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Policeman with rifle
A man, presumably wearing police uniform, but with a leather harness with pouches or bags attached, and a very large rifle. Date: c. 1885

Suffragette Flying Machine Asquith no. 10. Suffragettes give Mr. Asquith a rude awakening as their flying machine reaches the upper floor of number 10. Downing Street

Suffragette, Down with Womens Rights. A Gentleman finds himself in the centre of a group of angry and combative suffragettes armed with umbrellas

Blitz in London -- night at an AFS station, WW2
Blitz in London -- a night-time scene in an AFS station, 19 September 1940, with an armed guard keeping watch over appliances kept ready to answer any emergency. Date: 1940

Armed against fate and flags by F C Boyle
A man out walking his dog realises the only way he can avoid flag sellers in wartime is to go out blindfolded and with headphones on his ears

A Night Patrol just leaving their trench. On reverse of postcard - A sketch of a patrol just leaving our trench to visit the enemy lines at night. The Officer is leading

Lighter side of Life on an Armed Liner, WW1 by Arthur Watts
Sketches of scenes on board an armed liner during the First World War by the artist Arthur Watts who was in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Rawalpindi outgunned by Deutschland by G. H. Davis
The first sea battle of the Second World War: the British armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindis heroic stand, outgunned by the Deutschland

Warship with guided missiles by G. H. Davis
The shape of ships to come: a warship armed with guided missiles and protected against radioactivity. An artists impression of a battleship of the future

Cartoon, A Friend at Last, WW1
Cartoon, A Friend at Last. A German cavalryman says to a British slacker who hasn t yet joined the armed forces: Thanks, mein friendt! Your neutrality in the war is most helpful to me

Repulsing a frontal attack, WWI by Cyrus Cuneo
British soldiers, armed with rifles and bayonets, scrambling over the top during an enemy attack. Date: 1916

Palestinian Disturbances 1936
An Illustrated London News cover showing two images of disturbances in Jaffa. The top picture shows British Police, armed with batons and shields, dispersing Arab protestors

Beaufighter long-range fighter by G. H. Davis
Most deadly of long-range fighters: the Beaufighter in detail. Heavily armed, and flying at over 300 mph, the Beaufighter added to the might of the RAF during the Second World War. Date: 1941

The Royal Navys little ships by G. H. Davis
Bearing the brunt of the war at sea: the Royal Navys little ships. Showing an armed fishing trawler, an armed yacht, an escort vessel and a destroyer -- the little ships keeping the seas open

Tracked machine guns and in fights by G. H. Davis
Mechanical supports for the infantry of the British Army as depicted by ILN special diagrammatic artist, G. H. Davis, showing tankettes with trailer wagons for transporting machine-guns together with

Russo-Turkish War, Russian Guides
Four Russian heavily armed and bearded guides relaxing in a camp during the Russo-Turkish war (April 24, 1877 March 3, 1878). Date: circa 1877

Russian Cavalry Reconnaissance, 1904
Soldiers embarking upon a Russian cavalry reconnaissance during the Russo-Japanese War, (8 February 1904 5 September 1905). Date: 1904

Russo-Japanese War, Awards Ceremony
Several Russian soldiers resieve medals for their valiant efforts during the (1904 to 1905) Russo-Japanese War. Date: circa 1905

Cartoon, The Continental Sidney Street, WW1
Cartoon, The Continental Sidney Street, showing Kaiser Wilhelm II firing from an upstairs window and French, Russian and British policemen firing back at him

Guarding Dover Pier
With the outbreak of war, precautions are taken guards mounted over places of strategic importance. Here Dover Pier is put under armed guard. Date: August 1914

Country in Danger
Recruitment for the armed forces - a street exhibit La patrie en danger ! encourages citizens to volunteer to protect France from the forces of reaction. Date: circa 1790

Vendee : Blacksmith
Royalist resistance comes from ordinary people such as the heroic Blacksmith of the Vendee, armed only with the tools of his trade. Date: 1793

Waardgelders Parade
Determined to preserve the alliance with Holland, Oldenbarnevelt raises waard- gelders (armed levies) in Utrecht - parading here - and other towns. Date: 1618

Major Ropata
MAJOR ROPATA A Maori officer in the New Zealand armed forces. Date: 1807 - 1897

Chinese Policeman
A Chinese policeman, armed with a machete. Date: early 1930s

Three Laz men - Black Sea Coast, Georgia
Predictably the Black Sea man, or the " Laz" as he is called with a mixture of affection and sneer, has become a stock figure of Caucasian social typology. Date: circa 1902

Suffragettes, Irish Nationalists and Unionists unite for WW1
WW1 - Another Triple Alliance - " We ve Stopped Hostilities - Now for the Germans!" - Suffragettes, Irish Nationalists and Ulster Unionists put aside their own social

Chinese hunter armed with a crossbow Date: 1920s

Thessaloniki, Greece - Kavass and The White Tower
Thessaloniki, Greece - A Uniformed Consular Kavass (Cavass) - a Turkish name for an armed police-officer - and a view of The White Tower. Date: circa 1899

Thessaloniki, Greece - A Consular Cavass (Kavass)
Thessaloniki, Greece - A Uniformed Consular Kavass (Cavass) - a Turkish name for an armed police-officer. Date: circa 1905

The Chief of a Guerilla Band - Moroccan Rebellion
The Chief of a Guerilla Band standing in the entrance to his tent during the Moroccan rebellion (uprising against Sultan Abdelhafid) in 1911

WW2 - Canadian Patriotic Postcard - Land, Sea and Air, We re over there. Date: circa 1943

British Armed Forces One Pound Banknote
One Pound Banknote of the British Armed Forces, who issued their own paper currency between 1946 and 1972. Date: circa 1950s

Support the Armed Forces - USA - WW2 Propaganda - " Give them the tools to Finish the Job". Date: 1943

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, New York, USA
Soldiers and Sailors Monument, New York City, New York, USA - 89th Street, Riverside Drive. Date: circa 1910s

Mihrimah Sultan Camii, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey
Mihrimah Sultan Camii (Mosque), Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey (designed by Sinan), with inset photographs showing local dancers and a guard of the Imperial Ottoman Bank! Date: circa 1897

Armed ex-RAF Hunting P56 Provost Mk52 of the Sultan of Oman Air Force

Armed ex-RAF Hunting P56 Provost Mk52, XF683, of the Sultan of Oman Air Force

Armed ex-RAF Hunting P56 Provost Mk52, XF682, of the Sultan of Oman Air Force

Westland Sea King armed with two Sea Eagle long range anti-ship missiles missiles

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