U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT
Unsigned Graduation Group Portrait Photograph
of the Class of 1893, showing the graduates in Cadet uniform and caps, those in front have arranged their caps on the foreground to spell out " '93 ", 49 in all (of 51), 7" x 9" on original blank card, no place, no date but West Point, June
neat modern arrow added towards top left corner to identify Benjamin B. Hyer (named on verso), trifling bumps at corners
Item Date:
1893
Stock No:
54883
£475
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[VALLE
(Italian Air Force General and Secretary of State for Air)]
Unsigned Press Photo showing him in uniform, head and shoulders,
by Orbis-Photo of Berlin, on the back is a press notice in German saying that Fieldmarshal Goering had invited him to Berlin, adding that "the Inspector of the German Air Force, Generaloberst Milch, will be holding talks with him, of importance for the two allied countries", 7" x 5", [Berlin], 24th June n.y., probably
Item Date:
1940
Stock No:
50993
£30
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[VERNON
(Herbert Douglas, 1893-1916, Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards)]
Covers only of the memorial service following his death in action,
15th September 1916, crowned embossed emblem in colours of the Grenadier Guards, in a dark blue and red border, although it lacks the text this is a striking item, 1 side 7¼" x 5" card and conjugate blank, no place, no date, circa
lacking the text, slight sunning to top and right margins
Item Date:
1916
Stock No:
53315
£25
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VON MOLTKE THE ELDER
(Helmuth Karl Bernard, 1800-1891, Graf von, German Field Marshal)
Original Albumen carte de visite Photograph signed on the mount "von Moltke"
showing him head and shoulders looking to one side, wearing decorations with his order of merit around his neck, 3½" x 2½", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1875
Stock No:
41741
£225
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COMMISSIONERS OF THE NAVY
WAGER
(Admiral Sir Charles, 1666-1743, knighted for his defeat of the Spanish fleet near Carthagena in 1708), Sir Jacob ACKWORTH (1668-1748, Shipbuilder & Designer employed by the Royal Navy), Charles CORNWALL (Controller of Storekeepers’ Accounts, 1714-1716), Richard BURTON (Controller of Victualling Accounts, 1714-1717), Anthony ASHLEY COOPER (1st Baron Ashley & Earl Shaftesbury, 1621-1683, Lord Chancellor & President of the Council) and John FAWLER (Extra Commissioner)
Letter signed by the”Principall Officers & Commiss[ioners] of his Majesty’s Navy” to the Storekeeper of his Majesty’s yard at Woolwich
demanding “the Boates & Cables undermentioned... on the 29th past by the Officers of Sheerness Yard for compleating the Sea Stores of his Majys Ships named in the Margine...” for the Portsmouth & Looe, the Lowestoft and the Winchelsea, ordering Longboats and Cables “These are to direct and require you to Issue the said Cordage out of his Matys Stores under your charge, and send the same to Sheerness as soon as may be, with as many of the aforesaid Boates as you can spare letting Us know what of the Said Boates you cannot send, that we may order them to be otherwise Supply’d...”, 1 side folio, Navy Office, 5th March
Item Date:
1715
Stock No:
41956
£475
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