Flag Collection (#73)

The Swiss Canton Shields Date: circa 1910s

Denmark - Crest and Flag
Denmark - National Crest and Flag Date: 1914

Advertisement for Agricultural Shows via LNER
Silhouette advertisement for Agricultural Shows via LNER (London & North Eastern Railway), showing a man holding a rearing horse by its harness, with a marquee in the background. 1929

Royal wedding 1863 - procession entering St Pauls Churchyar
The reception of Princess Alexandra of Denmark(Princess of Wales)(1844-1925)in London on the occasion of her marriage to Edward Prince of Wales(later Edward VII)(1841-1910)

Silhouette of The Old Polo Ground, with a viewing pavilion

Betsey Ross House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Betsey Ross made the first American flag. The house is still standing, but essential renovation work

Andrew, Prince of Greece and Denmark
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882-1944), of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg - the seventh child (and fourth son)

Australia forever - patriotic card
Hand-sewn patriotic postcard, bearing the Australian flag and the slogan Australia For Ever. Date: circa 1915

Royal wedding 1863 - passing the curfew tower at Windsor
The reception of Princess Alexandra of Denmark(Princess of Wales)(1844-1925)in London on the occasion of her marriage to Edward Prince of Wales(later Edward VII)(1841-1910)

Royal wedding procession through Windsor
Enthusiastic reception of royal newly weds Victoria(Vicky)(1840-1901) the Princess Royal and Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia(1831-1888) at Windsor

Royal wedding 1863 - procession passing Temple Bar
The reception of Princess Alexandra of Denmark(Princess of Wales)(1844-1925)in London on the occasion of her marriage to Edward Prince of Wales(later Edward VII)(1841-1910)

Egyptian and Ottoman Flag
Egyptain coat of arms, crown and Ottoman Empire flag above (also the Egyptian flag confusingly...). Date: circa 1908

Ras el-Tin Palace, Alexandria, Egypt. The oldest royal palace in Egypt still in use and the location where the last royal, King Farouk, signed his 1953 abdication and departed from Egypt in exile

Swiss motorcar made out of ice
A rather bizarre Swiss motorcar made out of ice at the Ice Palace at Jungfraujoch - a free tourist attraction inside Europes longest glacier

Innsbruck, Austria - Statue of Hofer
Innsbruck, Austria - Statue in Hofkirche of Andreas Hofer (1767-1809) in the Hofkirche - Tyrolean innkeeper and patriot, who led a rebellion against the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte. Date: circa 1910s

Bermuda - Hamilton - The American House Hotel Date: circa 1910s

Haiti - Port au Prince (2 / 3)
The Chamber of the Deputies - Port au Prince, Haiti Date: 1904

Zanzibar - The Sultans Country Palace Date: 1932

War Memorial Fund - Dog
A small dog dressed up as a nurse atop a Union Jack and next to a collecting tin for the Woolwich & District War Memorial Hospital Fund. Toby is never shunn d when asking! Date: early 20th century

French and American soldiers at a military funeral, WW1
French and American soldiers taking part in a military funeral in a town in France during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Label, Hotel Orselina, Locarno, Switzerland
Luggage label from the Hotel Orselina, Locarno, Switzerland. Date: 20th century

American flag of Mary Young Pickersgill
The American flag of Mary Young Pickersgill (17761857) - hoisted over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812

Serbian cavalry, eastern front, WW1
Serbian cavalry riding through a town on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

Illuminated Electric Car to celebrate Kings Visit
Illuminated Electric Car to celebrate the Kings Visit to Leeds on July 7th 1908 - There are 3000 electric lights on the car which required 150 horsepower to run it!! Date: 1908

Khedives Club - Alexandria, Egypt
Club Khedival - Alexandria, Egypt. A British flag flies above the Alexandria Office of Thomas Cook and Son. Date: circa 1910s

The pirate bus by Webster Murray
A group of pirates have taken over a open top public bus, they are about to take over another, but they have come against residents from a lady passenger with an umbrella. Date: 1927

Marblehead Neck, Massachusetts - Snows Store Date: circa 1910s

The Flag of Iceland - from a French postcard series showing national flags. Date: circa 1910s

Albania - Lezhe (or Lezha) - a city in northwest Albania. Local dignitaries and soldiers standing on the wooden bridge across the River Lumi drin

Sailor with his daughter
A jolly Royal Navy sailor with his young daughter peeking over his shoulder. She is holding (and waving) a small white ensign flag

View of the Schwedenplatz, Vienna, Austria
View of a market square, the Schwedenplatz, in Vienna, Austria. There is a stall on the right with fruit for sale, and a few people are out shopping. Date: 1953

Winnepeg - Bank of Montreal, Manitoba, Canada Date: 1919

Italian Patriotic Card - Brothers Save me! Underwrite the effort and save your future! The powerful message of a card encouraging Italians to financially aid the war effort

King salutes French soldiers - 1919 Victory Parade
Victory Parade in London on 19th July 1919 - HM King George V salutes the march past of a contingent of French soldiers Date: 1919

The Hotel Bellevue - Jericho, West Bank, Palestine (then under Ottoman control) - interestingly, a Union flag flies above the building - it was obviously British-owned. Date: circa 1910s

Our Local Express (2 / 2)
A satirical look at an express train service (2/2 - see 10425389). 1907

The US Colours - 1919 Victory Parade
Victory Parade in London on 19th July 1919 - the march past of the US Colours Date: 1919

Side street in Vienna, Austria
View of a side street in Vienna, Austria, with parked cars and pedestrians. Date: 1953

Old Windmill at Sannois, France
A man stands atop the old windmill (from 1625) at Sannois, France holding a tricolore flag! Called the Moulin Trouillet Date: circa 1907

Heading off to war accompanied by the spirits of soldiers pa
In 1915, Italy was persuded to join the allied cause against the German Empire and Austria-Hungary and made some unsuccessful attempts to invade across the border in June 1915

Entry of the King of Bulgaria into Turkish territory
Entry of the King of Bulgaria Ferdinand I (1861-1948) into Turkish territory. The greeting soldiers are laying down their arms before him

Street scene in Bucharest, Romania, WW1
Street scene in Bucharest, Romania, after its capture by the Germans during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Russian troops, Salonika Front, WW1
Russian troops with fixed bayonets awaiting word to enter Monastir on the Salonika Front in Macedonia during the First World War

George V and Albert I, Furnes, Belgium, WW1
King George V of Britain and King Albert I of Belgium, reviewing Belgian troops at Furnes during the First World War. Date: December 1914

Funeral of a British soldier, Estaires, France, WW1
Funeral of a British soldier (a private in the 2nd Scots Guards), at Estaires, northern France, during the First World War. Date: December 1914

British troops on Jolly Roger gunboat, Russian Civil War
British troops on board the Royal Navy motor gunboat, The Jolly Roger, on Lake Onega, Medevja-Gora (Medvedja-gora, Medvezhya Gora, now known as Medvezhyegorsk, Republic of Karelia)

Turkish cavalry crossing Sinai desert, Egypt, WW1
Turkish cavalry crossing the Sinai desert, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Little Patriotic Girl astride a cavalry horse, holding a Union Flag and playing a side drum. Her feet are nowhere close to reaching the stirrups! Date: circa 1914

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