Flag Collection (#75)

Turkish submarine Birinci Inonu
The Turkish submarine Birinci Inonu (initially named Birindji-In-Uni). Built in the Netherlands, left Rotterdam under the Turkish flag, and arrived Istanbul, Turkey, on 9 June 1928. Date: circa 1928

American troops arriving home, Hoboken, USA
American troops arriving home by ship at Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, after the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1919

Soviet Russian political cartoon
A Soviet Russian political cartoon containing a satirical image of the late Tsar Nicholas II (top right) and the anti-Bolshevik general Pyotr Wrangel (middle right)

Jemal Pasha and Fuad Bey, Southern Palestine, WW1
Ahmed Jemal (Djemal, Cemal) Pasha, Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Ottoman Army, seen here with his chief of staff Fuad Bey at a battle position in Southern Palestine during the First World War

The Heathen and the Christian - Play
The Heathen and the Christian - promotional postcard for this play - performed at The Grand Theatre Southampton between 1908-1909

Encampment of troops, Serbia, WW1
An encampment of troops in Serbia during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

State Armoury, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA Date: circa 1908

Two ladies in summer outfits by Bernard

Scene during the Siege of Kut, Mesopotamia, WW1
Scene during the Siege of Kut, Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Arab patrol flying the Sherifian Flag, Middle East, WW1
An Arab patrol led by General Jaafar Pashas ADC, flying the Sherifian Flag, marching across the desert during the Arab Revolt, First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Label, Hotel La Pace, Pisa, Italy
Luggage label from the Hotel La Pace, Pisa, Italy, featuring the Leaning Tower. 20th century

Scots Highlander - WWI Patriotic Postcard - Union Flag
Scots Highlander soldier from the First World War on this patriotic postcard, bearing the caption Do or Die. He stands, a wound on his brow bandaged

British BE2B biplane captured by Germans, WW1
A British BE2B bomber biplane captured by the Germans during the First World War. It had a 70hp Renault engine. Date: 1914-1918

Italian aircraft workshop
An Italian aircraft workshop, probably during the First World War, with the flags of Italy and the USA visible above. Date: circa 1915-1918

British ship with four funnels, WW1
A British ship with four funnels, possibly HMS Aboukir, sunk at the beginning of the First World War. Date: early 20th century

Unidentified armoured cruiser
An unidentified armoured cruiser around the time of the First World War. Date: early 20th century

HMS Erin, British battleship, WW1
HMS Erin, British dreadnought battleship, launched 1913, served during the First World War including the Battle of Jutland, decommissioned 1922. Date: 1914-1918

Cavalry Charge - World War One
A propaganda patriotic postcard from World War One, showing a cavalry charge. " Theirs not ro reason why" For King and Country! Date: circa 1910s

Wartime salvage poster asking for rags, paper, bones and metal. Waste is wanted for war weapons. This week and every week salvage is essential. 1940s

The Italian / Austrian border at Thorl Date: circa 1920s

Zurich, Switzerland
Panorama of Zurich, Switzerland Date: circa 1902

French WW1 poster, African Army and Colonial Troops
French World War One poster depicting the African Army and Colonial Troops taking part in a day of battle. With Arabic writing in the top right corner. 1917

Poster, Red Cross ambulance
Poster depicting a Red Cross ambulance. Published by the German Reich, but written in Dutch, it encourages the countrymen of Holland to support the Dutch ambulance service in the east. 1940s

Seychelles Boy Scouts. September 1932

From The Wild Swans by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Closing ceremony of the 1948 London Olympic Games
An Epitaph to the Games in Sketch magazine. The photographs feature the lowered Olympic flag and extinguished beacon. Date: 1948

Chicago, America
Flags and buildings in Chicago, Ilinois, United States of America circa 2008

General Petain decorating colours of Moroccan regiment
General Philippe Petain (1856-1951), French army officer, seen here (centre) decorating the colours of a Moroccan regiment during the First World War

Kaiser Wilhelm on Ottoman Battle Cruiser
The German Emperor Wilhelm II (centre) and German militaries inspecting Ottoman troops on board of the battle cruiser " Javus Sultan Selim", the former SMS " Goeben"

Air Scouts Colour Party
Six Air Scouts stand to attention raising flags at Windsor Castle. 1962

VE Day Celebrations in London, May 1945
A flag seller does a roaring trade offering Allied flags for sale during the VE Day celebrations in London on 8th May 1945

Polish Scouts at a Jamboree
Polish Scouts march at a Jamboree holding the Polish flag. 1930s

Swedish Scout Troop. circa 1910s

Town Hall Saigon - Indochina
The Town Hall - Saigon. During the French Colonisation period, most of the French settlers in Indochina were concentrated in Cochinchina (southern third of Vietnam whose principal city was Saigon)

Tomas Masaryk, Czech President, signing oath of faith
Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937), Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak politician, founder and first President of Czechoslovakia

Sir Douglas Haig reviewing troops, Ebblinghem, France
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928), British army officer, reviewing the 5th Australian Division at Ebblinghem, northern France, during the First World War. August 1917

Burial of Sir Frederick Maude, Baghdad, WW1
Scene at the burial of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude (1864-1917), Commander of the British troops wihich captured Baghdad during the First World War

Town Hall in Bruges
Bruges Town Hall and Belgian flag in Burg Square, Bruges, Belgium circa 2008

Front cover of the Sphere, the Olympic torch enters Wembley
Photograph taken during the opening ceremony of the 1948 Olympic Games in London, as the last runner enters Wembley Stadium with the Olympic flame, ready to set light to the Olympic Altar. Date: 1948

United Seamans Service club, 1944
A Chinese-American member of the United Seamans Service plays pool or snooker at the London club during Christmas, 1944. The USS was founded in 1942 to promote the welfare of American seafarers

Flag Selling, World War One by George Ranstead
A young and pretty flag seller seems to be falling prey to the attentions of a rakish type who isn t in uniform, much to the disapproval of an older, matronly lady

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh at Lithlingow, West Lothian
The Royal party leaving the Palace of Linlithgow, once a favourite home of Stuart sovereigns. Date: 1955

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with army officers
Tsar Nicholas II (Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov, 1868-1918), last Tsar of Russia (reigned 1894-1918). Seen here in a group photo with senior army officers -- the man to the right, lighting a match

Admiral Sturdee on the quarterdeck - HMS Hercules
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (18591925) on the quarterdeck of the HMS Hercules as Flag Officer Commanding the Fourth Battle Squadron. Date: 1916

Standard of the White Horse
The Standard of the White Horse shown on this flag, carried by a British King, here the sign of a British regiment in the First Century AD

Air Scouts saluting flags
Portsmouth Air Scouts standing in a field saluting a large pole flying the Union Jack and other flags at Flag Break. circa 1950s

Armistice Day in the Seychelles. A Company of Blue Jackets and Royal Marines parading. Scouts lined both sides of the Flag pole but only one line of Scouts is seen. circa 1920s-30s

Wall Street flags in New York, America
Wall Street and Broad Street street sign and stars and stripes American flags in the Financial District of downtown New York, America circa 2008

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