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Two women on the Beach - Summer season at Deauville, Normandy, France - the rush sun hat is providing necessary protection against the heat of the rays... Date: 1925
British troops - United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR)One of 15 colour photographs of groups of British troops on service with United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) Bosnia, and based in Vitez, Bosnia, 1994 (c). Date: circa 1994
Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. The eye of Horus. ReliefEgyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Ptolemaic Dynasty. 2nd century B.C. Dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and falcon god Haroeris. The eye of Horus. Relief
Roman army. Armors and weaponry. Colored engraving. 19th century
Statue of a winged lion with human head. NimrudColossal statue of a winged lion with a human face. 865-860 BC. From Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II. Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Temple of Ramses III. Winged sun relief as a symbol of proteTemple of Ramses III. Winged sun relief (falcon wings with two uraeus and solar disk), as a symbol of protection above the doors of the temples. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty
Advert for Beethams Larola skin care 1904Beethams Larola skin product for womens skin and complexion from the effects of sun, wind, frost and hard water, available from chemist stores. Date: 1904
WW2 Poster -- Typhus, How Is It Spread?Information poster on typhus and how it is spread. Colour lithograph, British Army anti-typhus medical information poster, after 2nd Lieutenant Stacey Hopper
Entrance to public dug out bomb shelter in Margate, WW1The entrance to a public dug-out in Trinity Square, Margate, Kent, designed to offer underground safety to members of the public during air raids during the First World War
Gas helmet, WW1A fearsome-looking gas helmet. An example of a gas mask issued to British soldiers during the First World War. The peculiar projection in front has its termination in the mouth so that the wearer
Chinese gas maskA Chinese man wearing a gas mask during the Sino-Japanese War. Toxic gas was used frequently by Japanese forces during the war. Date: 1940
David Wright pin-up from Men Only, August 1952Pin-up of a red haired woman in a large frilled sun hat and spotted bikini. Date: 1952
Tank crew protective helmet with chainmail, WW1Tank crew protective helmet with chainmail, used during the First World War. Seen here on display, probably in a museum. Date: 1914-1918
Mensur (fencing bout) - Heidelberg, GermanyA brief interuption during a Mensur (Academic fencing bout) - the duellist hopes he will be scarred for life - Heidelberg, Germany. Date: circa 1910s
Pierrot and Harlequin, by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760). A scene from the Commedia dell Arte, in which Pierrot and Harlequin protect the honour of the doctors daughter
Tolypeutes tricinctus, Brazilian three-banded armadilloSpecimen from The Natural History Museum, London
Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire medalFirefighters from the insurance brigades and the London Fire Engine Establishment would put out the fires but did not provide much in the way of helping people to escape
Soldier wearing gas mask, 1918British soldier wearing a gas mask and helmet on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1918
Eleonore Zugun - 6Romanian peasant girl who manifested strange stigmata, in a mental institution before taken into the protection of countess Wassilo-Serecki
Gnostic TalismanGNOSTIC TALISMAN which provided protection against evil, both physical and moral
Young man sits by fire outside his teepee in the woodsYoung man sits by a fire outside his teepee in the woods - a rifle across his knees in case of danger. Date: circa 1890s
Queen Margaret of Anjou with son and robberQueen Margaret of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI, fleeing into a forest after the Battle of Hexham (15 May 1464, Wars of the Roses) with her son, Prince Edward, meets a robber and asks for protection
Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle (FV510).One of 63 colour photographs relating to British Forces in Bosnia, 1992-1994.Associated with United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR). Date: 1992
WW1 - Encouraging investment in the Commercial Bank of Italy" Give your shield to Italy" - a WW1-era card encouraging investment in the new 5% Italian loan available through the Commercial Bank of Italy. circa 1917
View from the sea, Fortress of Havana, CubaView from the sea, Fortress (Morro Castle) of Havana, Cuba, guarding the entrance to the bay. Date: circa 1930
Civil Defence Handbook, preparing the houseCivil Defence Handbook provides instructions on preparing the house in the event of an attack
Bronze helmet of Lucanian type. 350-250 BC. From near Bolzano. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Tacuinum Sanitatis. FencingTacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Fencing. Folio 96v
Magical wand. EgyptMagical wand of ivory of hippopotamus tusk with images depicting deities and protective spirits to ward off evil spirits. To provide magical protection for mother and child. 1750 BC. 12th Dynasty
Mesopotamian stone cult vessel. UrukStone cult vessel with anthropomorphic decoration, supported by two heroes wearing belts. 3300-3000 BC. Late Uruk Period. Mesopotamian-Sumerian art. Probably from Uruk. British Museum. London
Temple of Ramses III. Relief depicting fencing fight with sticks. The fighters are wearing protective masks. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes. Medinet-Habou. Egypt
The Siege of Dapur (1269 B. C. ). A syrian charioteer is proteThe Siege of Dapur (1269 B.C.). A syrian charioteer is protected from the egyptian arrows whith his shield. 13th century B.C. Nineteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Relief. Ramesseum. Necropolis of Thebes
Bronze helmet of Corinthian style. 6th century B. C. OlympiaBronze helmet of Corinthian style. 6th century b.c. Olympia Archaeological Museum. Ilia Province. Peloponnese region. Greece
Bronze helmet of Corinthian type. 5th century B. C. Olympia ABronze helmet of Corinthian type. 5th century b.C. Votive offering in the Sanctuary of Zeus by Hieron, tyrant of Syracuse
Cartoon of Harry Wall, theatrical agent, plotting to find a way around the new Copyright (Musical Compositions) Act -- Over the Garden Wall. 1882
OSTRICH - male on nest with eggs (Stuthio camelus)
Helmet with cape pieces by Marjory Tillotson, WW1 knittingPattern from a Baldwins knitting booklet during the First World War for a wool helmet with cape pieces to protect the neck and chest designed by the leading knitting expert
Secret Toad-Headed Agama - dispays its collar when being disturbed - sand dunes - desert (Phrynocephalus mystaceus Pallas). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. April
Secret Toad-Headed Agama - dispays being disturbed - sand dunes - desert (Phrynocephalus mystaceus Pallas). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Spring - April
Giant Pill Millipede rolls into a ball in danger. lowland rainforest floor in Kinabatangan river floodplain; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June. Class Diplopoda
WW2 Poster -- Mosquitoes Mean Malariabut my dear! You must try the troops. Don t give them the chance - Mosquitoes Mean Malaria! Colour lithograph poster after 2nd Lt Stacey Hopper
WW2 Poster -- Malaria Strikes the UnprotectedMalaria Strikes the Unprotected, Darkness brings Danger, Be Prepared. Colour photolithograph poster published by the Times of India Press, Bombay, warning against malaria
Smothering burning clothes with blanketSmothering burning clothes with a blanket -- a fire safety officer instructs a woman in the use of a blanket to smother the burning clothing of a child (dummy)
Map showing distant early warning line for defenceDistant early warning line (DEW line) of all-round radar defence. A map of North America, showing the various systems and devices of Conad
Advert for J. C. Vickery luminous & grill-guard watches 1918Active service wrist watches. Sterling silver high-grade lever wrist watch, with luminous hands and figures. Sterling silver very reliable luminous wrist watch with very detachable grill guard. 1918
Gordon Highlanders with barbed wire, Western Front, WW1Gordon Highlanders with barbed wire, about to prepare entanglements on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British naval convoy system by G. H. DavisThe method of safeguarding the freedom of the seas: the British naval convoy system at work. Making the high seas safe for Allied
Olympic marathon runners, 1924 Paris OlympicsCompetitors in the marathon during the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, with their heads protected from the sun. The race was won by Stenroos of Finland. Date: 1924