Armour Collection (page 21)

Allied Armour heading into Holland; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing Allied units heading up the Eindhoven to Nijmegen road in Holland during September 1944. In the foreground of this image one can see a tank destroyer, a despatch rider

Ptolemy I Soter I, ruler of Egypt
Ptolemy I Soter I (Soter meaning Saviour), also known as Ptolemy Lagides, a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt (323-283 BC)

Stuffed Armoured Dog
A stuffed armoured dog on a plinth, Paris, France. Date: 1931

The Last Armourer
Mr. Rex, the last armourer, hammering a helmet into shape. Date: 1930s

Guillaume IV Hainault
GUILLAUME IV, comte de HAINAULT ruler of the county of Holland 1337-1345. Wearing an amazing assortment of practical armour and impractical footwear and dangling bits and bobs. Date: ? - 1345

Pieces of Armour on a Bench. McCloy, Samuel 1831 - 1904

Man in Armour. Riley, John 1646-1691 (attributed to)

Gentleman in Armour (1680). Wright, John Michael, the Elder 1617-1694. Date: 1680

London Life: The Guards at Whitehall - a familiar spectacle. Date: circa 1940

Gion Festival in Kyoto - Participant as Samurai Warrior
The Gion Festival in Kyoto, one of the most famous festivals in Japan. It goes for the entire month of July. Here a participant is dressed as a samurai warrior. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Miyanoshita Hot Springs, Feudal Castle and Kyushu
Japan - The Miyanoshita Onsen (Hot Springs), A Feudal Castle at Himeji and a train passing through the Chiyo-n-matsubara pine grove at Kyushu

Minatogawa Shrine at Kobe, Japan
Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan

British Bulldog Tank surprises Germans in a trench
A truly superb postcard showing a British Tank represented by an armour-plated Bulldog surprising three German soldiers in their trench. WWI era

Armour plate milling machine with engine attached

Eastmanosteus, Gogo fish
The Gogo fish, Eastmanosteus, was one of the first ever fossils extracted using acid

Dermacentor andersoni, Rocky Mountain wood tick
This armoured tick species, the Rocky mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) is capable of causing paralysis

Leonaspis coronata, trilobite
One of the smaller trilobites growing to a maximum length of 2cm. The spines have been well-preserved in this specimen

Glyptodon clavipes, giant armadillo
Extinct herbivore that died out about 10, 000 years ago on display in the Central Hall at The Natural History Museum, London. The Glyptodon was named by Sir Richard Owen in 1839

Marrella splendens, lace crab
This is a small, aquatic arthropod originating from the Burgess Shale in Canada dating from the Middle Cambrian

Glyptodon, giant armadillo
Skeleton of Glyptodon, meaning carved tooth. The Glyptodon was a mammal which lived between 2 million years ago to around 15, 000 years ago. See image number 1136 for model

Polacanthus skin nodule
These nodules were mixed in with the overlapping plates on Polacanthus skin similar to those in modern reptiles. Polacanthus lived 132 to 100 million years ago during the lower Cretaceous period

Zaedyus pichiy, pichi armadillo
Pichi armadillo collected by Charles Darwin at Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 1833 (formerly Daspus minutus)

Rhinocerotidae (family), rhinoceros
Woodcut engraving published on page 953 of of Historiae Animalium, Vol. 1 De Quadrupedibus Viviparis (Viviparous Quadrupeds), 1555-1558, by Konrad Gesner (1516-1565)

Dalmanites myops, trilobite
A Silurian fossil trilobite from the Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, Worcestershire. This specimen measures 40mm head to tail

CARNICERO, Antonio (1748-1814). Portrait of Charlos IV with Armour. 1789. Oil on canvas

Attack of Mongolians to Japan (13th c. ). Japanese
Attack of Mongolians to Japan (13th c.). Japanese art. Painting

MALTA. Valletta. Grand Masters Palace

First Crusade (1096-1099). Godfrey of Bouillon with armour. Illustration of the 15th c. Gothic art. Xylography. BELGIUM. Brussels. Biblioth豵 e Royale (Royal Library)

The Battle of San Romano in 1432
Uccello, Paolo di Dono, also called Paolo (1393-1475). The Battle of San Romano in 1432. (The Counter Attack of Micheletto da Cotignola). Oil on wood, 180 x 316 cm. 1450-56. Date: 1432

Arabian knight on horseback
Detail from an 18th Century miniature painting

VALERO, Saint ( -315). Don Quixote in Knights Armour. Detail. Oil on canvas

A Warrior of Osuna
A relief carving of a Warrior with Iberian falcata and shield. Part of the decoration of a funerary monument. Osuna, Spain Date: 3rd-2nd Century BCE

The Jester Knight. Alric the court jester uses his skills to distract robbers

Girl, crows and armour

Soldiers tales

Oliver Cromwell (Freeman
OLIVER CROMWELL in armour Date: 1599 - 1658

Rudolf Ii / Hre / Circular
EMPEROR RUDOLF II Holy Roman Emperor (1576- 1612), also crowned King of Hungary (1572) and Bohemia (1575) Date: 1552 - 1612

Friedrich Wilhelm I / Pen
FRIEDRICH WILHELM I King of Prussia (1713-40) Date: 1688 - 1740

Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand
CARL WILHELM FERDINAND DUKE OF BRAUNSCHWEIG German royalty and military Date: 1735 - 1806

Charles II of England, British Royalty
King Charles II of England, British Royalty (reigned from 1660). Date: 1630 - 1685

Will. B. Dormans original red cross bitters. Patent medicine label showing crusader in armor. Date c1870

Armours souvenir calendar. George Dewey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Date c1899

King Edward I of England
Edward I (Longshanks), King of England (reigned 1272-1307). Date: 1239 - 1307

King George II of Britain (reigned 1727 - 1760). Date: 1683 - 1760

King Henry II of England
King Henry II, King of England (1133 - 1189, reigned 1154 - 1189). Seen here in profile, in helmet and armour

King Edward III of England
Edward III, King of England (reigned 1327-1377). Date: 1312 - 1377

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1576-1612), also crowned King of Hungary (1572) and Bohemia (1575). Date: 1552 - 1612

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