Heroic Collection (page 9)

German postcard, young gymnasts at Marburg an der Lahn
German postcard advertising the second meeting of young gymnasts at Marburg an der Lahn, 2-3 August 1924. Date: 1924

German postcard, athletes carrying flags
German postcard showing athletes carrying flags at the start of a sports tournament. Date: 1920s

German postcard, women athletes walking
German postcard showing women athletes walking along in step with each other. Date: 1920s

German postcard, two male athletes under oak tree
German postcard showing two male athletes under a oak tree -- may the oak tree be the symbol of our covenant. Date: 1920s

German postcard, women athletes in a race
German postcard showing women athletes at the finishing line of a race. 1920s

Robert Shaw Monument, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863) Monument, Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Depicting Shaw as commander of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

French soldier fights off German attack, Craonne
An incident on the Western Front north of Craonne depicted by Paul Thiriat on the Front cover of The Graphic. A few French soldiers were working in a boyau or communication trench when they were

Charge of French Alpine Chasseurs in Alsace, WW1
The Chasseurs Alpins, the famous French mountain riflemen carrying out a dashing charge on skis at Hermannsweiler Kopf in Alsace

A Balancing Feat over the German lines, WW1 aviation
Gymnastics in the air from the crew of a British plane over the German lines in 1917. Flying low, the plane was subjected to an exceptionally heavy cannonade until a shell, hitting the machine

Statue of Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw
Bronze statue of Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw (1828-1908) about 18 inches high, by Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. The statue is kept in the dining room of the Massey Shaw Suite

Lieutenant Commander Sampson Sladen, Chief Officer of the London Fire Brigade, in uniform with two medals and a brass helmet. Date: 1909

Four AFS firefighters operating hosepipe, WW2
Four AFS firefighters operating a hosepipe. Date: circa 1940s

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

Two firefighters, Fire Prevention Hints
Two firefighters on the front cover of a booklet entitled, Fire Prevention Hints, published by London County Council and the London Fire Brigade

Insurance companies memorial with the Latin motto: Finis Coronat Opus (the end crowns the work). The bas relief sculpture shows modern-day firefighters with water hoses and ladder, fighting a fire

An extremely rare porcelain coffee cup - WWI
An extremely rare porcelain coffee cup and saucer manufactured by S. A. de Fuisseaux Baddour, Belgique, 1914. Cup inscribed Heroic Tommy in Belgium with the Union Jack and the handle has the black

Portrait of Edith Cavell. WW1
Portrait of Edith Cavell - Make Her Cause Of Mercy Your Own. By Eleanor M. Ross. The original drawing was exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1917

Wolseley at Myat-Toons stronghold, Burma, 1853
Sir Garnet Wolseley(1833-1913) as a young officer in the British army, storming Myat-Toons stronghold, Burma, February 1853

WW2 poster, Every Rivet a Bullet, Speed the Ships. Showing a shipyard worker in action. Date: 1940s

Captain James Cook -- an allegory
Captain James Cook (1728-1779), explorer. An allegory, showing Neptune raising him up to Immortality, a Genius crowning him with a Wreath of Oak, and Fame introducing him to History

WW2 poster, Achtung! Achtung! The Lancaster strikes by night, the Fortress strikes by day. Date: 1940s

British naval action in Narvik harbour by G. H. Davis
The Royal Navys first heroic dash into Narvik harbour in face of tremendous odds: German destroyers and store ships sunk. Captain Warburton-Lee led the second destroyer flotilla in to attack greatly

Rawalpindi outgunned by Deutschland by G. H. Davis
The first sea battle of the Second World War: the British armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindis heroic stand, outgunned by the Deutschland

Captain Robert Hook, lifeboatman
Coxswain Robert William Hook (1828 -1911) of the Lowestoft lifeboat Samuel Plimsoll, the saviour of more than 200 lives. Pictured here at Lowestoft harbour entrance in 1883, in a heroic pose

Allied Forces activity in German territory, WW1
Two examples of Allied Forces activity in German territory during the early stages of the First World War. Above, debris from a German motor convoy

Cartoons, What He Will Look Like, WW1
Cartoons, At the End of " The Day", What He Will Look Like. Showing Kaiser Wilhelm II during the First World War, His Own Version (left) and That of the Allies (right). Date: September 1914

Cover design for Jugend, with German cavalry officer
Cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting a German cavalry officer during the First World War. Date: 1915

Man harvesting in a field, He Also Serves, WW1
He Also Serves. A man harvesting in a field at the start of the First World War. The verse below says: He serves no less who toils to save / The harvest for his native land. Date: August 1914

Postcard, Czechoslovak Recruiting Office, WW1
Patriotic postcard issued by the Czechoslovak Recruiting Office during the First World War, showing a Czech soldier appealing to his fellow-countrymen living in America to join him

Vendee : Blacksmith
Royalist resistance comes from ordinary people such as the heroic Blacksmith of the Vendee, armed only with the tools of his trade. Date: 1793

Vendee : Heroic Woman
Renee Bordereau, aka l Aangevin, saw her father butchered and lost 40+ relatives fighting the Revolution : usually in male dress, she is captured and imprisoned but survives. Date: circa 1793

Nicolas Zrinyi (Elder)
Count NICOLAS ZRINYI (the elder) Hungarian soldier, heroic defender of Vienna against the Turkish invaders. Date: 1508 - 1566

Lieut G D Willoughby
Lieutenant G D WILLOUGHBY Heroic soldier during the Indian Mutiny. Date: CIRCA 1857

Umberto Nobile 1926
UMBERTO NOBILE Italian aviator with many notable feats including Arctic flights. We have several pictures of his activities. Date: 1885 - 1978

Richard Hornby
RICHARD HORNBY Heroic seaman of Stokesley, captain of the merchantman Isabella which successfully withstood a French attack on 1st June 1744. Date: CIRCA 1744

King Umberto I of Italy out hunting on his Tyrolean Estates
King Umberto I of Italy out hunting (shooting) on his Tyrolean Estates. Date: circa 1898

Monument to French spy Louise Marie Henriette de Bettignies
Monument to Louise Marie Henriette de Bettignies (1880-1918) in Lille - French spy (WWI) who worked for the British under the pseudonym of Alice Dubois

World War One - France - Legion of Honour
National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Lez© on d honneur) - " How it is won". Patriotic French postcard of World War One era. Date: circa 1917

Medals of Valour for Heroes of Pit Disasters
Postcard celebrating (with a poem) the medals of Valour awarded by King Edward VII to the Heroes of the Pit Disasters at Whitehaven

WWI Poster, He Did His Duty, Are You Doing Yours?
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster depicting Lord Roberts. He Did His Duty, Are You Doing Yours? Date: 1915

Battle of Trafalgar (October 21st, 1805). Heroic defense of the vessel the Sant� ma Trinidad in Trafalgar. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Museo de Historia

Reclining Buddha - Pegu - Reclining Buddha - Elaborate glass mosaics on the heroic feet and devan. Date: 1952

LCC-MFB Print of fire brigade rescues
A Victorian print giving an artists impression of the bravery of two firemen in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, rescuing those trapped by fire from the top floor of a house on fire

Charles Green, aeronaut and balloonist
Portrait of Charles Green (1785-1870), the aeronaut and balloonist, from an original painting in the possession of Robert Holland Esq MP

Reims Cathedral in Flames - WWI - part of a Heroic Towns French postcard series. The Cathedral was badly damaged during opening engagements of the First World War in September 1914. Date: 1914

Early scouting certificate
An early scouting certificate, with the handwritten words: You are now a Scout. I trust you - on your honour - at all times to do your best to carry out your duty

Joseph Rodgers, Able Seaman
Joseph Rodgers, (b. 1830 in Malta - ?), seaman of the Royal Charter, a ship which sank off the coast of Anglesey on 26th October 1859 in terrible storms

Equestrian statue of Lord Kitchener
A colossal equestrian statue of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), the first monument to be raised to the famous general, pictured shortly before it was sent to India

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