Military Collection (page 13)

Ostrich Hunt with Bolas
Three men pursue an ostrich across the pampas of South America, hoping to catch it with a bolas - a kind of weighted lasso

Two Soviet Heavy Tanks Josef Stalin (IS) II
This model of tank was introduced in spring 1944. The conflict depictedis likely to have been taken in Belarus or Poland in late autumn 1944

Eleanor of Provence
ELEANOR OF PROVENCE Queen of Henry III & mother of Edward I of England. She was joint governor in 1253 & organised military action

Sudan Wars: Tel-El-Kebir
BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR Wolseley defeats Arabi Pashas army decisively, quashing the revolt : henceforward Egypt will be under British rule

Knight at Prayer
An English knight in military habit in an attitude of prayer

Lady Elizabeth Butler
LADY ELIZABETH BUTLER nee THOMPSON English painter of military and battle scenes

Jean Pierre Boyer / 1843
JEAN PIERRE BOYER President of Haiti, 1818-1843

Colt Revolver 1886
Colts double action army revolver

6th Dragoons Enniskillen
6th (Enniskillen) Dragoons

British Infantry 1810
British Infantry during the Peninsular War

French & Polish Lancers
French and Polish lancers on horseback

Loading a V1 Rocket
Loading a V1 rocket into the launch pad. Use of these rockets accelerated after the start of the Second World War

Knights Templar / Effigy
A effigy of Geoffrey de Magnaville Earl of Essex & Templar Knight

Teutonic Knights
A Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and a Knight of the Order of the Sword

Bishamon God of Glory
The impersonation of military prowess carries a spear in one hand, a pagoda symbolising power in the other : he inspires warriors to fight to the death for a heros glory

Alexander Issus 333Bc
At Issus (near Iskanderun in Turkey) Alexander routs a vast horde of Asiatics and mercenaries, driving Darius, King of Persia, from the field

Battle Hanau Oct 1813
NAPOLEONIC WAR Battle of Hanau - the Bavarian cavalry charge the French Garde Imperiale

Ww1 Romanian Soldiers
Three Romanian soldiers fighting the Austrians during World War One

Soldier from Montenegro
Soldier of Montenegro (Balkans) fighting the Austrians during World War One

English Archery
Four English bowmen: 1) Brigandine archer 1554 2) Brigandine archer 1590 3) Archer of Charles I 1625 4) Archer of 1780

Templars & Crucifix
According to the historian Michelet, each Templar recruit was required to spit or trample on the Crucifix, as a symbol of his rejection of Jesus

Antoine Drouot (Card)
ANTOINE DROUOT French bakers son whose diligent studies as a boy, while working for his father, led to his becoming a great military figure

Robert, Comte D artois
ROBERT DE FRANCE, comte d ARTOIS brother of Louis IX, military leader

Royal Horse Guard
A horse guard at Whitehall, central London, England

Janos Huniadi
JANOS HUNIADI (or Hunyadi) Hungarian military commander against the Turks

Lord Roberts Full Rig
FREDERICK SLEIGH, first lord ROBERTS military commander, in full dress uniform as befits a leader of the Empire

Major James H Perkins, Commissioner for France for the American Red Cross during World War One

Tournament Tents (Shaw)
A representation of the tents at a tournament (possibly designed for Henry VIII for the Field of the Cloth of Gold)

Ufos / Ciampino / Italy
The sighting of this striking UFO by military personnel at Ciampino, one of Romes airports, is confirmed by radar

Comte De Lasalle
ANTOINE CHARLES LOUIS COLLINET comte de LASALLE French military

Benedict Arnold
BENEDICT ARNOLD American military officer and traitor

Military / Scots Guards
Bagpipers of the 1st Scots Guards

FAIRFAX (1612 - 1671)
THOMAS FAIRFAX, 3rd Baron Fairfax - English statesman and military personality

Military uniforms
From L to R : - Sir Thomas Graham (Lord Lynedoch) - Lord Hill - Sir Thomas Picton - Marquis of Anglesey

War of Jenkins Ear
Vernon takes Porto Bello (now in Panama) from the Spanish during the War of Jenkins Ear

The Bishop of Durhams charge on the English side at the Battle of Falkirk, 22 July 1298, part of the First War of Scottish Independence. Anthony Bek was Bishop of Durham and Patriarch of Jerusalem

Passage of the Issel (Ijssel), a river which runs through Germany and the Netherlands, by British troops, winter of 1794-1795, during the French Revolutionary Wars. Date: 1794

Army barracks, Gibraltar
Vintage 19th century photograph: army barracks, Gibraltar

Sergeant William Baacke, Late 109th Regiment of Foot, a Chelsea Pensioner, served in the Crimean War and seventeen years in East India. Date: 1902

Funeral of King George V 1936, Sandringham, Norfolk
Funeral of King George V 1936, procession leeaving Sandringham, Norfolk, where he died

Vintage photograph WW II - British Churchill tank
Vintage photograph World War II - British Churchill tank, Italian campaign, crossing of the Senio River

Scrap, 10th Hussars, Cavalry Regiment
Victorian scrap, 10th Hussars, Cavalry Regiment serving in India. 1846

Heliograph used by British army in Africa
Heliograph used in the British army in Africa, probably during the Boer War (1899-1902). The heliograph is a wireless telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight (generally using Morse code)

Scythian armour and weapons
Scythian breastplate, shield, helmet and maces from the Column of Theodosius in Constantinople (Istanbul). Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his

Musket exercises. Taken from John Blackwells Account of the Artillery Company. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale

Gordon Highlanders dipping the colours to royalty on Constitution Hill. Date: circa 1908

Prince Eugene of Savoy, military commander
Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), military commander. early 18th century

Four riflemen in action. 1868

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