Commemoration Collection (page 5)

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

Guynemer memorial, Poelcapelle, Belgium
Village square, Poelcapelle, Belgium, with the memorial to the French fighter pilot Georges Guynemer who was lost in 1917. Date: circa 1920s

Laying of Commemoration Stone, Thought to be Keighley Area, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1920s

DeVries Memorial and State Street, Lewes, Delaware, USA. DeVries was one of the first Dutch settlers, arriving in 1631. Date: circa 1940

Memorial stone, Quaboag, West Brookfield, Mass, USA
Memorial stone (Indian Rock) at Quaboag Plantation, West Brookfield, Mass, USA, where a siege took place by Native American (Nipmuc) Indians against English settlers. Date: circa 1907

Group photo, young men in flowered hats, WW1
Group photo, young men in flowered hats, Bregenz, Austria. Date: 1915

Scots American War Memorial, Edinburgh, Scotland
Scots (Scottish) American War Memorial, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, erected in 1927. At the centre is a kilted infrantyman looking towards Castle Rock

Texas Heroes Monument, Galveston, Texas, USA, in memory of those who died in the Texas Revolution (Texas War of Independence, 1835-1836)

HENRY II of France (1519-1559). King of France (1547-1559), Valois dynasty. Effigy of Henry II. Fresco. ITALY. Caprarola. Villa Farnese

CASTELLO, Fabrizio (1562-1617). Battle of St. Quentin. 1590-1591. The spanish troops defeated the french of Henry II in 1557. Detail of the spanish camp and the tent of Philip II

GARIBALDI, Giuseppe (1807-1882). Italian military man and republican and nationalist politician. Medallion from 1882. Metals

Three American ships at naval commemoration
Three American ships at the Perry Centennial Naval Parade, probably on Lake Erie. They are, from left to right, USS Essex, USS Niagara and USS Wolverine

ILN front cover - Shakespeare commemoration banquet
Front cover of The Illustrated London News showing a banquet in the pavilion at Stratford-upon-Avon as part of the Shakespeare Commemoration activities

Cub scouts on parade, Athens, Greece
Cub scouts on parade on a National Anniversary day, Athens, Greece

WW1 Womens Joy Loan Day 1919
A souvenir in commemoration of the Womens Joy Loan Day celebrations in Trafalgar Square, Saturday, 28th June 1919. This included a procession leaded by Lady St. Helier and others

Serra Monument, Old Town, San Diego, California, USA, in memory of the Spanish Franciscan friar, Junipero Serra (1713-1784), who founded a Christian mission at San Diego in 1769. 1914

Interior of log cabin, Palmer Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Interior of a traditional log cabin, Palmer Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The land for the park was donated to the city by ex-Senator Thomas W Palmer in 1893

Tea Party Tablet, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, where Griffins Wharf used to be, commemorating the event of 6 December 1773 when chests of tea were thrown into the sea in response to the British tax

Firefighter painting statuette of fireman in action
Fireman painting a statuette of a firefighter in action

The East Surreys football dribbled in a charge, WW1
The actual football dribbled by Captain Nevill (who was killed in action) towards the German trenches during the attack on Montauben by the East Surreys, fixed by Lt.-Col. H. P. Treeby, D.S.O

Tatler cover - Soldier at Gallipoli with grave
A moving front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring the silhouette of a soldier at Gallipoli visiting the grave of a fallen comrade who had gone west. Date: 1915

Souvenir serviette - FEED THE GUNS Campaign - WWI
Souvenir serviette in commemoration of FEED THE GUNS Campaign in Trafalgar Square in October 1918. Londons War Saving Big Push. Commemorative Art

Commemorative Serviette - First Anniversary of Armistice
Commemorative Serviette dated the 11th of the 11th 1919. Souvenir in Commemoration of the First Anniversary of Armistice Day and President Poincar駳 visit to London

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