Order Collection (page 31)

Disraeli / Order of Garter
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Queen Victoria invests him with the Order of the Garter at Osborne in 1878

Danzig / Free State / 1920
The port of Danzig becomes a free state under the terms of the Treatty of Versailles in order to give the new Polish state an outlet to the sea

Ww1 / Wurttemberg Trench
Wurttemberg troops observing. An officer uses a pair of binoculars in order to observe enemy movements

Knights Templar 1128
Honorius II gives papal approval to the order

Gascoigne Disobeys Henry
Gascoigne refuses to obey Henry IVs order to sentence Scrope and Mowbray

French Spad on Airfield
French ground crew return the SPAD aeroplane to its hangar, in order to protect it from the freezing weather

S Wales Bordrers 1887
South Wales Borderers: Private in heavy marching order

Leaflet Drop on Brussels
Allied aircraft drop leaflets on Brussels in order to encourage its citizens to trust in the ultimate defeat of Germany

The Old Boys
The old boys, upholders of law and order, send in the police and the army to deal with unwelcome dissidents who preseume to question their authority

Knight, Prince & Templar
A Knight, A Prince & an Knight of the martial monastic order of the Templars

Khyber Pass / 1878
The fort of Ali Musjid where, in 1878 a British Mission to Kabul was turned back by order of the Emir of that city, Sher Ali

Hadrians Wall at Byker
A view of Hadrians Wall stretching from Byker towards Newcastle. Built by order of Emperor Hadrian in AD 122, the wall marked the northern extent of the Roman Empire

Wwi / French Leave Home
In occupied France, German troops force French people to leave their homes and families in order to work on farms in designated areas

Lancelot & Tarquin
Sir Lancelot strikes the copper basin in order to challenge Sir Tarquin - the haughty enemy of the Knights of the Round Table. Lancelot vanquishes Tarquin

Fridthjof & Ingeborg
In order to see Ingeborg, his beloved, Fridthjof visits the court of her husband, King Ring, disguised as a salt miner. Ingeborg recognises him

Shopping by Mail Order
Shop the modern way from your easy chair; a mail-order advertisement for Sears, Roebuck & Co

Sailor in Landing Order
A naval rating in landing order, ready to land on some foreign shore and claim it in Her Majestys name

Canute Orders Waves
Canute tries to order back the waves to demonstrate how ridiculous the flattery of his courtiers has become

London Athletes W / Oxygen
London athletes breathe oxygen before exercise in order to improve their performance

Cup Final 1923
Trouble at the Cup Final when the over-capacity Wembley crowd invades the field; but order is restored and Bolton Wanderers win the cup against West Ham

James I (Vaughan)
with orb, sceptre, crown, order of the Garter, and an inscription telling us that peace (i.e. between England and Scotland) is blessed

Lorgues / Won t Take Order
Columbus refuses to take orders from the Portuguese admiral

Nuns of Saint John
Nuns of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

MOLAY BURNS 1314 - 2
Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master, is burnt alive at Paris on the orders of Philippe IV, bringing the once proud Order to an ignominious end

Order of Alcantara
ORDER OF ALCANTARA Knight of this Spanish order, created in the 12th century to oppose the infidel Moors currently invading Spain

Order of Calatrava
ORDER OF CALATRAVA Spanish order created 1155 by a monk, Velasquez, under particularly dramatic circumstances (see text) to fight the infidel Moors

Peasant Mother / Child
A peasant mother and her daughter in a barn: mother is trying to obtain a spark in order to light a fire for cooking

Policeman (Petherick)
London characters: the POLICEMAN, friend to the well- behaved, foe to the miscreant, protector of the peaceful, upholder of law and order

Rosicrucians / Stuart 1747
Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender, allegedly admitted to the Rosicrucian Order

Social / Ice Cream Stall
An ice cream vendor is kept very busy with orders from the children flocking around his stall Date: circa 1900

Sportsman and Dog
A sportsman takes a shot at a covey of partridge (probably) while his dog awaits the order to retrieve the victim

Setting out on a Shoot
A party of sporty French people have gathered at the hunting lodge before dawn, in order to catch their quarry in the morns early light

Publican Repents, 1864
The landlord of the Grapes tavern empties casks and smashes bottles in the cellar, in order to repent the evils of his intemperate profession

Reform League Riot / 1866
Rioting during the Reform League demonstration in Hyde Park, London: the mob pull down the railings while the police struggle to maintain order

Gossip about Fairies 39
When you take a drink from a magical or healing spring, don t forget to say Thank you to the water nymph whose job it is to keep it in good working order

Jesuits Martyred, Japan
23 Franciscans are crucified at Mongasaki by order of the emperor Taicosam; angels in the skies above prepare to welcome the martyrs to Paradise

Tolls 15th Century
Flemish merchants pay a toll in order to cross a bridge - tolls were paid on entering a town or crossing bridges or passing through some lords lands

Saint John of Meda
John Oldratus, of Meda a town in Lombardy, was a member of the penitential order of Humiliati, who withdrew from the world and had a monastery near Milan

Victoria / Order of Garter
The investiture of Victor Emmanuel II (King of Sardinia and later of Italy) with the Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle, on 1 December 1855

Order Michael George
the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (Cmg)

Kt of St John / Thiron
Chevalier Grand-Croix of the Order of Malta, St John of Jerusalem

Masons Ridiculed
English masons mocked by the Order of Gormogons, a society for ridiculing freemasonry which claimed to have been founded by the Emperor of China

Dragon Hunt Series - 6
The knight is presented to the Master of the Order of the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who applauds his deed as worthy of their oath of chivalry

Napoleon Exhumed
He is exhumed from his grave on Saint Helena in order that his remains may be taken to Paris, there to be enshrined in Les Invalides

Luis De Granada / Larmessi
LUIS DE GRANADA Spanish prelate of the Dominican Order

Ireland Parnell Ejected
By order of the Speaker, Charles Stewart Parnell is removed from the Commons by the sergeant-at-arms for obstruction. Date: 3 February 1881

Dainty Repast
The dishes of dainty repast were soon in order A group of men and women set about the task of laying out a picnic

Education / Trouble
A schoolmaster restores order in his classroom - in the days when pupils were frightened by their teachers

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