Border Collection (page 13)

Cover design, Floras Feast, a Masque of Flowers, with text and illustrations by Walter Crane. Date: 1895

Tanzania - Mbeya suburb near border with Zambia. road for Sumbawanga - Tanzania - Africa

Plate, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz Josef, WW1
Plate with portraits of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz Josef. Commemorative Ware. Date: 1914

Martin Luther with his Family and their Christmas Tree
The Christmas Tree in History and Legend: Martin Luthers Tree. It is thought (in some quarters) that Martin Luther (and the early Lutherans) were the originators of the Christmas Tree custom

Russian cavalry uniforms, WW1
Russian cavalry uniforms during the First World War. From left to right: border guard officer, trooper, cavalry officer, hussar in Grodno lifeguard regiment in summer field uniform

Golden Wedding Cake with Gum Paste Molding Date: 1936

Dead Italian soldiers, Tolmin, Slovenia, WW1
Dead Italian soldiers with their faces covered up, at Tolmin (Tolmino), Slovenia, near the border with north eastern Italy, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sultan Abdulhamid II - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Abdulhamid II (1842-1918) - 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the last to exert effective control over the Empire as a whole entity. Date: circa 1916

Sultan Murad V - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Murad V (1840-1904) - 33rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who reigned (rather briefly) from 30th May to 31st August 1876. Date: 1876

Sultan Mahmud II - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Mahmud II (1789-1839) - the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Date: circa 1830s

Sultan Mustafa I Deli - ruler of the Ottoman Turks
Mustafa I Deli (15911639) son of Mehmed III, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1617 to 1618 and from 1622 to 1623. Date: circa 1623

Sultan Selim I (The Grim) - leader of the Ottoman Turks
Selim I, nicknamed Yavuz, " the Stern" or " the Steadfast", but often rendered in English as " the Grim" (1465/1466/14701520)

Sultan Mehmed I Celebi - leader of the Ottoman Turks
Mehmed I Celebi (13901421) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1413 to 1421. Date: circa 1420

Sultan Orhan - leader of the Ottoman Turks
Orhan or Orhan Bey (12811362), the second bey (ruler) of the Ottoman Empire (at this stage known as the Ottoman Beylik or Emirate). Date: circa 1360

Sultan Osman I - leader of the Ottoman Turks
Osman I or Othman I or Osman Gazi (12581326) Ottoman Turkish Sultan Osman Ghazi, Turkish, nicknamed " Kara" (black) - leader of the Ottoman Turks

The Royal Line of Succession
The line of succession from King Egbert to Queen Elizabeth II decorated with a beautiful border by Arthur Wragg. Date: 1953

Abadan, Iran - Bawarda Housing Estate and Refinery
Abadan, Iran - Bawarda Housing Estate and oil Refinery (the largest in the world at that time). On the Shatt al-Arab Waterway (the southern end of which forms the border with Iraq). Date: circa 1930s

Kissa Kahani Bazaar, Peshawar
The Kissa Kahani Bazaar or the romantic Street of Story-tellers extends from west to east in the heart of the city of Peshawar

Treaty of Rawalpindi, 1919
Treaty of Rawalpindi, 8th August 1919 - between Afghanistan and Britain during the Third Anglo-Afghan War. Sardar Ali Ahmad Khan (pictured)

Iron Ore Mines at Ouenza, Algeria
Mines at Ouenza - Constantine, Algeria. Ouenza is a town in northeastern Algeria, near the eastern border with Tunisia. The nearby Mount Ouenza is the site of extensive iron-ore deposits

Sultan of Morocco - Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef Ben Hassan. Born 1909. There were no Kings in Morocco at this time. Ruled as Sultan from 1927 - 1953, exiled by French (1953-55)

Titanic commemorative napkin
Commemorative paper napkin produced in memory of the captain, mates, crew and passengers of the RMS Titanic which sank on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage

Fairy checking her blonde hair amid the flowers
A glamourous fairy sat atop a daisy, checks her flowing blonde tresses in a golden hand mirror. Watercolour painting (set in an attractive decorative border) by Malcom Greensmith

Art Nouveau Poppy 1897
A decorative, Art Nouveau, floral design incorporating a Poppy within a border

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