German Collection (page 11)

Pyramidal orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, Germany
The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, a city on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) in southern Germany, known for its importance in aviation history

Junkers Ju-88R
Captured Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-88R Wearing a UK RAF Royal Airforce Livery Date: 1940s

Wilson, NC, USA - Oettingers The Dependable Store
Wilson, North Carolina, USA - Oettingers - The Dependable Store. The leading store of the town with the slogan: " It pays to Deal at Oettinger s"

Marlene Dietrich in the German film The Blue Angel, 1930
Marlene Dietrich in the German UFA film The Blue Angel, 1930, directed by Josef Van Sternberg Date: 1930

Lamp post made from German torpedo, Gibraltar
Lamp post made from a German torpedo, at a Royal Navy camp in Gibraltar. Date: circa 1920s

Albrecht Durers House, Nurnberg, Germany - 1st floor, Small room circa 1930s

Street scene, Nollendorfplatz, West Berlin, Germany
Street scene in Nollendorfplatz, West Berlin, Germany, showing the Metropol building (Neues Schauspielhaus or New Theatre), used at various times as a theatre, a concert hall and a cinema

Menander (ca. 342-ca. 292 BC). Portrait
Menander (ca.342-ca.292 BC). Greek dramatist, representative of the athenian New Comedy. Roman copy of a Greek original. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

WW1 - German fleet sail to Scapa Flow, Scotland, UK
WW1 - German fleet set sail to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. 74 ships of the Kaiserliche Marines High Seas Fleet were interned in Gutter Sound at Scapa Flow pending a

Royal Aircraft Factory FE 8 single-seat fighter plane, first flown on 8 November 1915. It became obsolete by 1916. Seen here is serial no

Albatros C IX used by Manfred von Richthofen
Albatros C IX prototype German biplane used by Manfred von Richthofen for personal transport. Date: circa 1917

Teasing Tirpitz, or luring a U boat to Dover, Heath Robinson
A battered British plane suspends a tiny toy boat on a string, fooling a German U boat into pursuing it all the way to Dover. Another mischievous war tactic dreamed up by William Heath Robinson

Greetings postcard from Essen, Germany, with a general view of the city. Date: circa 1902

77 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Inlaid silver and copper damascene work including three silver date trees

Fokker Eindecker of Jagdstaffel (Jasta) 26, WW1
A Fokker Eindecker monoplane belonging to Jagdstaffel (Jasta) 26 fighter squadron, by G. Shultz

Types of German aeroplanes, World War One
Types of German aeroplanes flying over France and Belgium in the First World War, autumn 1914. A gathering of the doves of war at a German aerodrome

Uhlans at Liege
A detachment of German Uhlans charging a fort at Liege, Belgium, only to encounter the barbed wire defences constructed by order of General Liman, commander of the Belgian troops in Liege

Wilhelm I of Germany, King of Prussia, 1861
Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig(1797 - 1888), King of Prussia (1861-1888) and German Emperor (1871-1888), as depicted in 1861 when crowned King of Prussia. Date: 1861

British six-pounder gun by G. H. Davis
The British six-pounder gun: explanatory drawings. It was an efficient field and anti-tank gun of high velocity, used for example against Rommels German army in the desert, Second World War

Launching of V2 rocket bombs by G. H. Davis
The launching of V2 rocket bombs during the Second World War: an official photograph and its explanation. On the left: a scene at Peenemunde, birthplace of the V2

First German plane to fall on British soil, 1939
Front cover of The Sphere with a photograph of the first German plane, a bomber, which crash-landed over the East Lothian hills in October 1939. Two of the crew were killed and one wounded

The Barbarine - first climbed 1905 - Germany
The Barbarine - the best-known, free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The pinnacle is the symbol of Saxon Switzerland

Prince Waldemar of Prussia visiting Istanbul. Waldemar (1889-1945) was the eldest son of Prince Henry of Prussia (younger brother of German Emperor William II) and his wife

WWI - Mobile German Field Bakery - Western Front Date: circa 1916

Dresden, Germany - The Augustus Bridge, the oldest bridge in the city crossing the river Elbe. The bridge connects the Innere Neustadt in the north with the historic area of the city in the south

Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus (E.T.A.) (1776-1822). German writer. Contes Fantastiques (Fantastic Tales). Edition carried

Heinkel He176
First rocket drive on Heinkel He176 aircraft, 1936 Date: 1936

The Kaiser handing over his sword to Douglas Haig
" The Next Haig Convention" By the 23rd of October, Britain could almost taste victory and this picture by Arthur Ferrier, showing a cowed Kaiser handing over his sword to Douglas Haig

50000000000 Mark note
The hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic 1921-1923. Front of a Banknote on 50 000 000 000 Mark edited iat Hamburg 1/11 1923. Date: 1921-1923

Trier, Germany - St Matthias Abbey
Germany - Trier. The oldest City in Germany - St Matthias Abbey Date: 1909

German officer of World War One (unidentified), in uniform, wearing a pickelhaube spiked helmet

Graf Zeppelin - LZ 127 - at anchor. The inset portrait shows Dr. Hugo Eckener (1868-1954), the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years

Winston Churchill watching 47th Division at Lille, France
Winston Churchill as a War Office minister, sitting with others on a grandstand at Lille, France, watching the march past of the 47th (2nd London)

Fokker triplane of Baron Manfred von Richthofen, WW1
A Fokker triplane of Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (1892-1918), also known as the Red Baron, legendary German fighter pilot during the First World War

Richard von Kuhlmann signing Peace Treaty, Romania
Richard von Kuhlmann (1873-1948), German Foreign Secretary, signing a Peace Treaty (known as the Treaty of Bucharest) with Romania in the Cotroceni Palace, near Bucharest

Constantinople - SMS Emden Hellmuth von Mucke
Survivors from the German Cruiser SMS Emden - a Captain (Hellmuth von Mucke), 3 officers and 30 men at Constantinople, Turkey - 5th May 1915

Prussian Royal Wedding
Princess Viktoria Luise, only daughter of the Kaiser, is accompanied by King George V in a traditional torch dance after her marriage to Prince Ernst of Cumberland. Date: 31 May 1913

King & Kaiser witness unveiling of Queen Victoria memorial
Kaiser Wilhelm II and King George V stood together to witness the unveiling of the Queen Victoria Memorial Monument at the front of Buckingham Palace in the Mall, London

Prisoner of War Camp, Handforth, Cheshire
A coloured illustration of the First World War prisoner of war/ internment camp at Handforth in Cheshire. The picture is captioned Kriegsgefangenen Lager -- German for POW camp

Herzogin Cecilie nearing Falmouth, Cornwall
The Herzogin Cecilie, a German four mast barque (Windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954), nearing Falmouth, Cornwall

Luposta Airshow - Danzig - featuring the Graf Zeppelin - held between 23rd and 31st July, 1932

Town Hall and Fountain, Amberg, Germany
View of the gothic style Town Hall and Wedding Fountain in the town of Amberg, Bavaria, Germany. The fountain was erected to commemorate the wedding in 1474 of Philipp

White Star Line / American Line poster
Graphic and modernist style German travel poster advertising the services of White Star Line and American Line ships to America

Winged Victoria figure, Siegessaule, Berlin, Germany
The winged bronze Victoria figure on the top of the Siegessaeule (Pillar of Victory). The Victory Column (Siegessaule) in Berlin, Germany

Frog celebrating the arrival of 1907 by firing a cannon
A wonderfully odd German New Years card, welcoming in the arrival of 1907. The illustration rather bizarrely depicts a frog (holding a lucky four-leafed clover)

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 1944
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler, playing a Beethoven concerto during a lunch hour in a German armaments factory in Germany in 1944

Kaiser Wilhelm II, Empress and Princess
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), with his wife the Empress Augusta Viktoria (1858-1921) and their daughter Princess Viktoria Luise (1892-1980), leaving Buckingham Palace while on a royal visit

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