Motto Collection (page 2)

Skull and crossbones military button
A small skull and crossbones military button, probably from the uniform of the 17th/21st Lancers, a British cavalry regiment formed in 1922. Their motto was Death Or Glory. Date: circa 1930s

Workhouse dining hall, Oliver Twist film, 1948
A workhouse dining hall interior, from the 1948 film of Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean. The religious mottos reminded the inmates that due gratitude was in order for the care they were receiving

C Squadron Inns of Court Regiment Memorial, Normandy
The Memorial is at la Breche de la Valette just behind Juno Beach. It carries their motto - Salus Populus Suprema Lex (The Welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)

The 75th Birthday of King Oscar II of Sweden
Commemorative postcard on the occasion of the 75th Birthday of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway. His motto is written below his portrait - Broderfolkenes Vel

Emblem of the Inquisition. Engraving, 1692

The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library. Harvard Univeristy. Designed by Horace Trumbauer & Associates. Boston. Massachusetts. United States

Art Nouveau design, Ex Ungue Leonem
Art Nouveau design with the Latin proverb: Ex Ungue Leonem (We know the lion by his claw). Date: circa 1920s

WWI Other Ranks badge - London Scottish Regiment
First World War Other Ranks badge belonging to the London Scottish Regiment, embossed with the Battle Honour - S. Africa 1900-02 and the motto Strike Sure. This has been made into a brooch

The motto of Paris - WWI - Propaganda - Patriotism
Flutuat nec mergitur. This phrase is the motto of Paris, France, and is translated as " Il est agite'ar les vagues

Balloon designs by Charles & Robert and Montgolfier
Balloon designs by Charles and Robert (1, 5) and the Montgolfier Brothers (2, 3, 4). No. 3 ascended from Versailles. No. 4 ascended from the Chateau de la Muette. No

RAF Per Ardua Ad Astra badge and brooch
A Royal Air Force badge bearing the Latin motto Per Ardua Ad Astra (Through Adversity to the Stars), turned into a brooch by the addition of a bow and pin. Date: circa 1940s

Medal, Royal Life Saving Society
Medal of the Royal Life Saving Society (established 1891) awarded to K. W. Watson, featuring a rescue taking place with two figures in the water

East India Company coin, Madras Presidency
An East India company coin dated 1803, during the Madras Presidency. Bearing the coat of arms of two lions with flags and a shield, surmounted by a helmet, and the motto below: Ausp. Regis & Senat

Law / Allegory / Justice
JUSTICE IS OUR MOTTO A plea for fair trading issued by a rag and bone dealer

The Dukes Motto by John Huntly McCarthy (1859 20 March 1936), starring Lewis Waller (3 November 1860 1 November 1915). First produced at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham

Christmas card, London Electrical Engineers, Anti-Aircraft section, with the Latin motto, Ars Martis Comes. 1916

Mottos - Band of Hope Motto - Motto band of hope - be thou Faithful and Pink roses. Part of Box 134 Boswell Collection - Mottos. Date: circa 1895

Poster for the National Assembly elections, 1919
Poster for the National Assembly elections. January 19, 1919. Workers, citizens, farmers soldiers of German origin, unite in the National Assembly! Germany

Cups and Saucers, Mugs with Mottoes, Plate 35
Cups and Saucers, Moustache Cups, Mugs with Mottoes, Plate 35, showing patterned cups, saucers and mugs. Date: circa 1880s

Edward Goldney
EDWARD GOLDNEY senior, widower, religious writer, whose motto was Love without dissimulation, depicted writing at 4 am, with a night watchman calling the hour. Date: 1710 - ?

Ice-Cream Van 1930S
A wacky ice-cream van with the motto we strive to please, purity, quality painted on it! Date: 1930s

Crests of some early Archbishops of Canterbury
Crests of early Archbishops of Canterbury - (from top left): Thomas Becket (circa 1119 1170), Henry Chichele (also Checheley) (circa 13641443), John de Stratford (circa 1275-1348)

Loose page from a scrapbook of crests and heraldry
Loose page from a former scrapbook of crests and heraldry featuring family crests, coats of arms and many devices, shields, monograms and mottos! Date: late 19th century

Art Nouveau design, Nemo Ante Mortem Beatus
Art Nouveau design with the Latin saying: Nimitur in Vetitum (Excess is Forbidden, or We Strive for the Forbidden), a quotation from the Roman poet Ovid. Date: circa 1920s

Art Nouveau design, Mens Regit Mundum
Art Nouveau design with the Latin saying: Mens Regit Mundum (The Mind Rules the World). Date: circa 1920s

Page design, class of 1934, School Silhouettes
Page design for class of 1934 in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

WW2 Christmas card with farming scene of ploughing in a field, with the motto Carry On! Date: circa 1942

Suffragette Womens Freedom League China
A Womens Freedom League china saucer with banner decoration, W.F.L Votes for Women badge or shield emblem, and the motto of the organisation - Dare To Be Free

Suffragette Crested Bell Forcibly Fed
A two-sided china bell, on one side is the face of a young woman with long hair and a pearl necklace. Below is the motto, This lady shall have a vote with the crest of Southport

Greek boy scout at camp
A Greek boy scout at camp, reading a notice (possibly the boy scouts promise) printed on animal hide

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

Miniature - Major Sir Frederick FitzWygram, MC
Miniature portrait of Major Sir Frederick FitzWygram, M.C. 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. Born 1884, died 1920. Captured on the 17th May 1915 (Battle of Festubert) commanding F Company

Embroidered badge of the Royal Army Medical Corps. which reads In Arduis Fidelis. (Faithful in Adversity - the Regimental Motto of the Royal Army Medical Corps.). Commemorative Art

Wooden box with Ruhleben Internment Camp coat of arms
Inlaid wooden box inscribed with the Ruhleben Internment Camp coat of arms on lid, together with the Camp motto Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope)

Kings Royal Rifle Corps badge on matchbox holder, WW1
Kings Royal Rifle Corps badge on a brass matchbox holder. Trench Art

WW2 poster, Be quick in your clearance of goods inwards to stores -- make lightning speed with accuracy your motto. Date: 1940s

Tatler Coat of Arms, WW1
A symbolic coat of arms for The Tatler magazine from the First World War period. Its motto, The Unique Paper, is flanked by the image of the Tatler 18th century mascot in tricorn hat

Womens Royal Air Force -- The Dawn of Aviation
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing a woman looking up at three biplanes in the sky, with a sunrise behind -- The Dawn of Aviation -- with the motto below

Andreas Zeillner
ANDREAS WILHELM ZEILLNER German military commander whose motto was rien sans peine (nothing is obtained without difficulty) Date: CIRCA 1649

David Thomas
DAVID THOMAS Welsh poet who took the bardic motto The Truth against the World. Date: 1760 - 1822

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