Commemoration Collection (page 4)

Certificate from Buckingham Palace, enclosing a medal to be worn by Reginald Alfred Edward Parsons in commemoration of Queen Elizabeth IIs coronation on 2 June 1953. Date: 1953

Duke and Duchess of Kent, Silver Jubilee
The Duke and Duchess of Kent in an open carriage on their way to St Pauls Cathedral for the Royal Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service, on 6 May 1935

Rhodes Memorial, Main Street, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Memorial to Cecil Rhodes in Main Street, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), with the Grand Hotel on the left. Date: circa 1909

Aerial view of Main Street, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Aerial view of Main Street, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), with the Matabele Rebellion Memorial, the Rhodes Memorial (middle distance)

Matabele Rebellion Memorial, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Matabele Rebellion Memorial, Main Street, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Date: circa 1908

Membership certificate, Labour Party 50th Anniversary
Membership certificate, In commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Labour Party (1900-1950), for use during the Jubilee Year, with quotations from Keir Hardie and Clement Attlee. Date: 1950

Communist China - swimmers in Yangtze River
Swimmers (soldiers and civilians) in the water of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) in Communist China in July 1970. They are taking part in a training exercise

Lithuania. Vilnius. Orthodox Church of St. Michael and St. Constantine or Romanov Church, built in 1913 by I. Kolesnikov. Exterior

50th Anniversary of the vision of Bernadette at Lourdes
Postcard commemorating the 50th Anniversary (in 1908) of the vision of the Virgin Mary, which appeared to Marie Bernarde Bernadette Soubirous (18441879) at Lourdes in 1858

Festival in Manaus, northern Brazil
Aerial view of a festival taking place in St Sebastian Square, in front of the opera house in the city of Manaus, northern Brazil

Tesselated pavement, Manaus, northern Brazil
A tesselated pavement in St Sebastian Square, in front of the opera house in the city of Manaus, northern Brazil. The monument, inaugurated in 1900

Juan Carlos I of Spain
JUAN CARLOS I of Spain (1938). King of Spain from 1975. The Prince Juan Carlos participating in Commemoration of the Victory Parade of 1936 of the spanish civil War. April 1, 1970. SPAIN. Madrid

Matchbox holder with AIF cap badge, WW1
Matchbox holder - made in Birmingham - with the Australian Imperial Force cap badge impressed upon it. On reverse, commemorating the Battle Honours of the 4th Battalion AIF

British coin, Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee crown
British coin, an Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee commemorative crown. Its face value is 25 pence. Date: 1977

French bank note, 50 Francs
French bank note, Banque de France, 50 Francs, issued on 19 May 1949. With a portrait of the French mathematician and astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811-1877) on the front

The Cenotaph in silhouette
View of the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, erected after the World War One in remembrance of soldiers who fell during the conflict and the central focus for all remembrance events since. Date: 1926

Anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Serbia, showing refugees and soldiers on the move in Serbia during the First World War

Arch Druids planting Coronation Oak, Crystal Palace
To commemorate the coronation of King George V, the Arch Druid of England planted a Coronation Oak sapling at the Crystal Palace, London. The ceremony was attended by many foreign delegates

The South Downs - The Jubilee V
A V (The Victoria Jubilee Plantation) on the hillside of the South Downs, viewed from Streat, East Sussex - created by planting trees in this formation to commemorate Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee

Cenotaph, Hong Kong, unveiled in 1923, commemorating the dead of WW1 and WW2. Date: circa 1933

Duke and Duchess of York and daughters, Silver Jubilee
The Duke and Duchess of York with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, in an open carriage on their way to St Pauls Cathedral for the Royal Silver Jubilee thanksgiving service

King George V and Queen Mary, Silver Jubilee
King George V and Queen Mary in an open carriage on their way to St Pauls Cathedral for the Royal Silver Jubilee service, on 6 May 1935, to celebrate 25 years on the British throne

Cover design, Royal Silver Jubilee
Cover design of a booklet, Royal Silver Jubilee, London in Gala Dress, to commemorate the celebrations of 6 May 1935, marking King George Vs Silver Jubilee

Bombero Memorial, Guantanamo, Cuba
Bombero (firefighter) Memorial, Guantanamo, Cuba. Date: circa 1920

Hudson-Fulton Celebration ship, The Half Moon, USA
Hudson-Fulton Celebration ship, The Half Moon -- celebrating the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudsons discovery of the Hudson River

Monument to the Battle of Lund, Lund, Sweden
Monument to the Battle of Lund (4 December 1676), during the Scanian War, Lund, Sweden -- situated to the north of the city, erected 200 years after the battle. Date: circa 1910

Bicentennial pageant, Medway, Massachusetts, USA, Independence Day, 4 July 1913. Date: 1913

Communist China - Wu Han City commemoration
People (soldiers and civilians) parading through the streets of Wu Han City (Wuhan) in Communist China during the Cultural Revolution era

Wilson Memorial, Matoppo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Wilson Memorial, Matoppo (Matopo, Matobo, Matopos Hills), Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), commemorating the loss of Major Allan Wilson and his Shangani Patrol in the First Matabele War (1893-4)

Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Maritzburg, South Africa
Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Maritzburg (Pietermaritzburg, Natal), South Africa. Date: circa 1911

Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Wynberg, South Africa
Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Wynberg, Cape Town, Cape Colony (now in Western Cape Province), South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Anglo-Boer War Memorial, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

Horse Memorial, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Horse Memorial in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, commemorating the fallen animals of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Date: circa 1908

Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Prince Alfreds Guard Memorial in St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It commemorates four wars: the Transkei War (1877), Basuto War (1880-1)

Monuments on the site of the Battle of Waterloo, Belgium
A view of several of the monuments erected in Belgium on the site of the Battle of Waterloo, fought between the Napoleonic French armies and the British army and allies on 18 June 1815

Soviet War Memorial, Berlin, Germany, with the burnt-out ruins of the Reichstag building on the right. Date: circa 1946

Chicago Worlds Fair - Convent of La Rabida - Square buildings, small windows. Part of Box 282 Boswell Collection - Chicago Exposition

United States. Santa Fe. Santa Fe Plaza. Obelisk, 1868. War memorial in honour to men died in different battles. State of New Mexico

Sevastopol. Monument to Alexander Kazarsky
Ukraine. Sevastopol. Monument to Alexander Kazarsky (1797-1833). Russian captain of the brig Mercury. Built in 1839 by A. P. Bryullov to commemorates the victory at the Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829)

Greek Art. The Philippeion. 4th century B. C
Greek Art. The Philippeion. Ionic circular memorial of ivory and gold, which contained statues of Philips family, Alexander the Great, Olympias, Amyntas III and Eurydice I

Part of the Trophy Column. 5th century BC. Archaeological Mu
Part of the Trophy Column, built to commemorate the Battle of Marathon after the defeat of the Persians by the Athenians. 5th century BC. Archaeological Museum of Marathon. Greece

Philippeion, 4th century B. C. Altis. Sanctuary of Olympia. I
Philippeion, 4th century B.C. Built by Philip II of Macedon in 338 BC after the battle of Chaeronea and completed by Alexander the Great. Located in the Altis. Sanctuary of Olympia. Ilia Province

Perrys Victory, centennial celebration, Lake Erie, USA
Commemorative card for the centennial celebration of Perrys Victory in 1813, when the American Commodore Perrys efforts helped gain control of Lake Erie from the British. Date: 1913

HANDEL COMMEMORATION, Westminster Abbey
The Handel Commemoration in Westminster Abbey when the orchestra and performers were seated in tiers round the organ Date: 1785

Victor Hugo / Plaque
VICTOR HUGO Commemorative plaque to the French novelist, placed on the wall of his birthplace in Besancon, December 1880 Date: 1802 - 1885

Heinrich Heine / Montmartr
HEINRICH HEINE Proposed monument to the German poet and critic in Montmartre Cemetery (he lived in Paris from 1831) Date: 1797 - 1856

The Morpeth Casket, or wine cooler. The casket was presented to Lord Morpeth by a large number of the electorate of the West Riding of Yorkshire following his defeat at the previous election

Belgian National Day ceremony, 21st July 1856
Ceremony in the Place Saint-Joseph, Brussels on Belgian National Day, which is celebrated on 21st July each year. The festival commemorates an event on 21st July 1831 in which Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg

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