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Framed collection of British Cap Badges. Mainly Cavalry / Yeomanry themed badges. Over 85 badges in total. To include 3rd Kings Own Hussars x 3, Queens Own Hussars x3, Queens Royal Hussars, IV Queens Own Hussars, North Humberland Hussars, Royal Bucks Hussars, 14th Kings Hussars, 19th POW Hussars, Yorkshire Dragoons, South Notts Hussars x 2, Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 9th Lancers, MTC, FANY, Army Cyclists Corps x2, RAC, Royal Warwicks, Cheshires, North Hants Yeomanry, etc. 16th Lancers Shako Plate.

A collection of approx. 85 British Cap badges plus some collar dogs to include: RE inc Officers Bronze, Pioneer Corps, RLC, REME post 47 x 2, War Ecomony ASC, RASC, Royal Signals, RAMC, APC, Army Physical Training Corps, Military Police, Military Foot Police, ROAC, WW2 REME, Army Education Corps, RAEC, Pay Corps, Highland Light Infantry, Royal Warwickshire Regt, Worcestershire Regt, Lancs Hussars, RAVC, Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, Scottish Regts, Border Regt, Liverpool Regt, Liverpool Scottish, Rifle Brigade, KRRC, etc.

A collection of approx. 80 British cap badges to include: Northants Regt, West Yorks, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Rifle Brigade, 22 Cheshire Regt, Cameronians, Isle of Wight Regt x 2, East Lancs, 3rd Vol Bn Hampshires, Hampshire Regt, RMP, 5th Lancers, Duke of Connaught's Own, IX-XII Lancers, XXIV Lancers, XXI Lancers Officers Bronze, Carabiners, XXI Lancers, Welsh Guards x 2, Grenadier Guards, Scots Guards, Middlesex Regt, Lancs Fusiliers, Royal Hampshires, XXIV Lancers enamelled, Queens Own Hussars, Lanarkshire Yeomanry, Notts & Derbys, Robin Hoods, RAC, Second Life Guards, 8th Gurkhas, 6th Gurkha Rifles, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, KSLI, Royal Observer Corps, QC Parachute Regt, etc. Plus RE Sweetheart lapel badge and WW1 Army Pay Corps Shoulder title.

A collection of over 70 British collar dogs including Officers bronze, some matched pairs to include: Pair bronze RAC, pair 9th Light Horse, Pair bronze London Scottish, pair SWB, pair Kings Crown Parachute Regt, pair bronze Royal Dragoons, pair Lothian & Berwick Imperial Yeomanry, pair bronze KOSB, pair bronze RASC, 7th Hussars, Welsh Regt, East Lancs, North Staffs, Worcestershire Regt, London Rifle Brigade, Bronze ATS, Bronze RAOC, Bronze AEC, Bronze Recce Corps, Bronze Somerset Light Infantry, Bronze Scottish Rifles, Gloucesters, RA, Coldstream Guards, ACC, Pair Norfolks, York & Lancs, Queens, Dragoon Guards, North Staffs, Queens Own Yorks Yeomanry, Borders, Middlesex, Welch Regt, Duke of Wellington's, East Surrey Regt, Ox & Bucks, Army Cyclists Coprs, Manchesters, Royal Scots, HLI, etc. Plus 17/21st NCO's arm badge, WO rank badge, 5th Dragoon Guards NCO's badge, WW1 Ypres sweetheart badge

WW2 Third Reich Bakelite Marching Compass, maker code marked "clk" along with bakelite code markings, complete with original cord strap: US Army dust goggles maker marked "Gold Seal Shoe Co" and dated 1943; another pair un marked and complete in leatherette pouch (3)

WW2 Third Reich Heer Offizierdolch Army Officers Dagger with double edged blade 250mm in length maker marked "Original Eickhorn, Solingen". Early heavy plated fittings. Orange grip. Overall length 375mm. Complete with original scabbard again with early plated fittings.

WW2 Imperial Japanese Army Officers Kyu Gunto Sword with single edged fullered blade 605mm in length. Tang is signed to both sides. Two holes to tang. Wire bound shark skin grip. Bronze decorative mounts. Company grade Officers knot. Scabbard has active service leather cover in place. Plus a green cotton cover. New to the market, war souvenir of a British Serviceman.

Post war British Army Institute of Education Posters. Each measure 50cm x 31cm. Holes at corners for mounting with pins. 25 in total with some doubles. WO Code No. 6465 (Part II) Features Parachute Regt, Tank Corps, WRAC, etc.

A collection of mixed militaria to include: WW2 British Lamp Signalling Daylight, Short Range, no date: RAF webbing pistol ammo pouch 1951 plus RAF Police ID card dated 1947: Pair of 1990 dated parade boots, size approx 8: medal ribbon bars, Lucas brass bike lamp, mixed modern Army & RN cloth rank insignia, reproduction 1937 pattern battledress blouse approx 40 inch chest, etc.

A collection of Queens Crown Police Helmet Plates and cap badges and one Kings Crown Stoke on Trent City Police cap badge, Kings Crown Monmouthshire Police enamel lapel badge along with some Staybrite British Army cap badges, 20 US Police Shoulder Sleeve insignias, Ringtons Tea Plate featuring a Victorian Bobby and a Hungarian Police Officers cap, etc.

WW1 British Medal Group comprising of British War Medal 1914-1918, Victory Medal to M2-105346 CQM Sjt J I Webster, Army Service Corps mounted on a bar with original ribbons together with his WW2 Police Special Constabulary Service Medal named Sect Ldr John I Webster complete with short section of ribbon. (3)

WW1 British Victory Medal to B-391644 A Cpl CB Mettham, Army Service Corps complete with original ribbon. Along with a WW2 France and Germany Star complete with original ribbon. Plus a reproduction Third Reich SS Officers Deck Paperweight. (3)

WW2 British Officers Group to Lt. Col Charles Frederick Seston MBE, RIASC (formerly Sherwood Foresters) comprising of: Burma Star complete with ribbon and engraved to reverse: Framed Citation for the MBE awarded for gallant and distinguished service in Burma dated Jan 1946: Award case and papers for MBE (no medal): Miniature medals MBE, 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Pacific Star, War Medal: Pair of ID discs: Pair of RIASC Officers Bronze cap badges: RIASC officers collar dog: Sherwood Foresters Officers collar dog: Pair of Sherwood Foresters lapel badges: XIV Army enamel lapel badge in 9ct Gold a/f: Box only for Long Service and Good Conduction medal: Colourised photo of him in uniform with rank of Lt. Col RIASC: Large Wooden cigarette case with carved RIASC Badge to lid.

WW2 Polish Desert Rats Medal Group comprising of 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp, Italy Star and War Medal. 1939-45 Star missing ribbon. Complete with his identity discs to Feliks Sylwester Kusza?a. Served at Tobruk with 1 PAL (1 Pu?k Artylerii Lekkiej; 1st Light Artillery Regiment) of 3 DSK.

WW2 British Desert Rat's Medal Group and archive to 1569115 Battery Sgt Major Fred Ball, 168 LAA Battery Royal Artillery comprising of: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star and War Medal, all complete with ribbons in original box (no slip)plus matching ribbon bar and spare ribbons: RA Sweetheart badge and collar dog: "Nobody's Own" hand painted wall plaque and a matching rubber document stamp: Photos: Documents: Kit Bag: 8th Army Booklet, Jon's "Two Types" Cartoon book, etc.

WW2 British Royal Scots Fusiliers / Royal Scots Medal Group to 2065892 Pte EA Palmer, Royal Scots Fusiliers comprising of 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal and War Medal all mounted on a bar with the addition of his Efficiency Medal in box along with award slip : Plus ribbon bars, printed 2nd Infantry Division Cloth Formation Sign both uniform removed, Bullion "SEAC" shoulder title, cap badge with spare tartan backings, Identity Discs with Lourdes medallion, pair metal "RS" shoulder titles, 1943 dated jack knife with two blades and spike plus lanyard, Tam O'Shanter with cap badge on backing, 1937 pattern web belt, named kit bag with spare draw strings, release papers, photos, booklets, New Testament, 14th Army Commemorative Plate, etc. New to the market.

WW2 Third Reich Ballonbeobachterabzeichen des Heeres in Silber - Army Balloon Observer Badge in Silver.

A Victorian Royal Artillery officers brocade belt with VR Lion & Queen Crown gilt buckles with snake fastener with Ubique motto. Plus a British Army Rifle Regt Black Leather Sam Brown belt and cross strap complete with matching Sword Frog. (2)

British Army Full Dress Royal Engineers Other Ranks Red tunic. Kings Crown General Service Pattern Buttons. Paper makers label dated June 1913. Size 21. Along with a Post War RAOC Full Dress Cap by "Moss Bros". size 6 7/8ths. (2)

WW1 British No 16 Binoculars by "Watson & Sons Ltd, London" serial number 643 along with WD Broad Arrow. Plus an Army Book 152 Correspondence Book (Field Service).

WW1 British Royal Flying Corps / Army Balloon Observers Wrist Compass. Patt. 261 No 158D. Working order with much original black painted finish intact. No strap.

WW1 US Army issue wristwatch by Waltham. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals and separate seconds dial. Luminous hands and dial markings. Dial approx. 23mm. Reverse of case marked "US". No strap. Runs and ticks, would recommend a service.

Erinnerungskreuz für die Schleswig-Holsteinische Armee an die Kriegsjahre 1848-1849, Eisen geschwärzt. Commemorative Cross for the Schleswig-Holstein Army for the War Years 1848, 1849, blackened iron. No ribbon. War souvenir of a British Veteran, new to the market.

WW1 Imperial German Army Officers Pickelhaube Helmet with Prussian helmet plate, officers chin strap. Complete with liner. No date or makers markings.

WW2 British Identity Bracelet engraved to Lieut. Colonel WH Marston, RAMC, Wes. Silver plated with makers mark with a steel chain. Along with a WW2 British Royal Navy Single Red Fibre identity Disk to "CF Rogers, MX696304, RC" and 5 Royal Scots Fusiliers Enamel lapel badges, The Queens Regt Sweetheart lapel badge, Liverpool Scottish Sweetheart badge, a Royal Artillery Sweetheart Ladies Compact, WVS Civil Defence badge, Queens Crown Army Emergency Reserve AER Lapel Badge, WW2 US Enlisted Man's Transportation Corps Collar Dog, 3D Token. (15)

WW2 British General Service Trade Pattern Pocket Watch by Helvetia, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, seconds dial, marked "Swiss Made", reverse marked with WD Broad Arrow and "GSTP G22306", runs and ticks: Waltham Model 16s GSTP pattern pocket watch with black enamel dial with luminous Arabic numerals, seconds dial, reverse marked with WD Broad Arrow and serial number 12990, runs and ticks: Plus a Manual of Army Catering Services, part II recipes, 1945 (3)

WW2 US Army Shoulder sleeve insignia: 19th Army Corps x 14 examples, unissued condition: 9th Army x 36 examples unissued condition: single 65th Infantry Division: Pair unissued British made Staff Sgt's stripes: four pairs of unissued British Made Cpl's rank stripes: Pcf stripes x 3, single 1st Sgt stripe: Post war merrowed edge 7th Infantry Div x 25 plus 19 7th Inf Div in subdued version etc. Along with a selection of miscellaneous cloth badges, England Football team blazer badge and cuff links, Montevideo Cricket Club badge blazer badge, airline wings, repro Luftwaffe eagles etc.

WW2 US Army German Uniforms Recognition poster. Hand coloured and made up of four separate sections of card. Produced by the Army Map Service and dated 1942. Overall size 74cm x 57cm.

RAF Log Books to Pilot Officer Benson Railton Metcalf Freeman. RAF Log Books to a British RAF Officer who became a POW after being shot down over France in May 1940. He was later convicted of treason for becoming an Officer in the SS-Standarte “Kurt Eggers” propaganda unit in WW2 and he also worked alongside William Joyce “Lord Haw-Haw” on “Germany Calling”. Pilot Officer Benson Railton Metcalf Freeman AKA SS-Untersturmführer Benson Railton Metcalf Freeman. He also went by the alias P. Royston. A 121 page Mi5, Mi9 & Air Ministry (RAF Special Investigations Branch) file on him can be found in The National Archives  Benson Railton Metcalf Freeman, born on 6 October 1903, began his military career as an officer cadet at RMA Sandhurst in 1922. Commissioned in 1924 as second lieutenant in the King's Own Royal Regiment. Developing an interest in flying, in 1926 and now a lieutenant he transferred to the RAF. He was posted as a flying officer to No.16 (Army Co-operation) Squadron at Old Sarum, near Salisbury on 22/08/1927. He later transferred to 26 Squadron at Catterick on 21/02/1929. This matches his Log Book and other sources. In early 1931 he left the RAF to become a gentleman farmer in the quiet Gloucestershire village of Brockweir.  He was known to be ardently anti-communist and anti-Semitic. He joined the British Union of Fascists in 1937, and was a paid up member when war broke out in 1939 but, rather than risk being called up into the ranks, he rejoined the RAF and was posted to No. 24 (Communications) Squadron at Hendon as a transport pilot. There is a detailed report from his CO in the archive files. Freeman also goes into detail about his time here. On 22nd May 1940, Freeman flew with his squadron from Croydon to Merville in France. Whilst flying back to the U.K his aircraft was hit by A/A fire over St Omer and and crash-landed near near Arques, resulting in him being captured by German soldiers. Whilst the RAF were sorting though his personal effects following his failure to return from Operations, his BUF ID card was found, which raised concerns internally and a file was opened. On 20th June, the Air Ministry wrote to the Provost Marshal - the chief of the RAF Police. The letter - marked "Secret and Personal" - states: "Amongst his kit we found the attached membership card of the British Union (of Fascists). He was a member of the Maidstone Branch. A copy of this card is in the archive file. Freeman was initially taken to Stalag IIa in Neu-Brandenburg. He was then transferred to Dulag-Luft near Frankfurt. Freemans pro Nazi stance and BUF membership was well known to the Camp Commandant Major Theodor Rumpel with whom he often met with and referred to him as a personal and great friend, he was taken to Berlin where he met Dr Fritz Hesse where they discussed how he could be useful to the Nazi cause. Later he was recruited by the German Radio Corporation and took part in the 'Germany Calling' programme. The main presenter of this propaganda was William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw). Freeman shared an office with another convicted British traitor, Norman Baillie-Stewart. Freemans job was to write scripts for Joyces program but also worked on one of his own. At the radio station Freeman, now using the name "P. Royston", presented a weekly programme called JAZZ Cracks, an odd mix of jazz and "wisecracks", which his former boss in Berlin described as being "anti-Jewish, and anti-Bolshevik, and criticisms of the British Government." Throughout this time he resided in Berlin and was paid a salary of 200 Marks per week. In September 1944, whilst at a social event in Berlin, he had a chance meeting with Gunter d’Alquen, chief editor of the weekly Das Schwarze Korps, the official newspaper of the Schutzstaffel, and commander of the SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers. Taking a liking to Freeman and having joint views on the likelihood of the German defeat in the East, d’Alquen offered him a commission in the “Kurt Eggers Regiment”. Freeman joined the Waffen-SS in October 1944, where he made a declaration that he was “an Englishman of Aryan descent and have never, neither now nor previously, been a member of a free masons lodge nor any other secret society.” He was not required to command troops, but to vet propaganda material. In April 1945, as his office was being evacuated from Berlin, he was given the opportunity to fly an aircraft to Switzerland, but refused to abandon his SS comrades. He was court-martialed at RAF Uxbridge in September 1945. He was charged under section 4(5) of the Air Force Act with voluntarily aiding the enemy whilst a prisoner-of-war and, under section 40, with accepting a salary from the enemy whilst a prisoner-of-war. He was found guilty on three out of four charges, including serving in the Waffen SS, working for the Germans and accepting money from them. Sentenced to 10 years of penal servitude and cashiered (lost his rank and dismissed from the RAF). This was an extremely lenient sentence for a traitor. Despite numerous appeals by his wife and friends to have his sentence commuted, it is believed that he served his full term in Leyhill Prison, Falfield, Gloucestershire. If he served his full sentence, he'd have been in his early 50s when he was released in 1955. But it is as if he just disappeared into thin air. His wife died in Ireland in the early 1970's.   https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11016552 

A BOX AND LOOSE METALWARES, TREEN AND SUNDRY ITEMS, to include a mid-twentieth century black lacquer papier-mâché cocktail set with cocktail shaker, circular tray and six glasses, decorated with Oriental scenes, a WWI honourable discharge certificate for a Private Edward Harry Jones in the Royal Army Service Corps dated 14/4/1919, a set of small bone dominoes, two jam kettles, a small Victorian tortoiseshell box requiring restoration, assorted vintage tins and packaging, etc (sd) (1 BOX + LOOSE)

THREE BOXES OF MILITARY HISTORY BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHS ETC approximately one hundred and fifty titles to include WW1 and WW2, the Boer War, the American Civil War, the explosion at Fauld, Northern Ireland, The Royal Marines The Admiralty Account of their Achievement 1939-1943 HMSO, The Ships and Aircraft of the United States Fleet Victory Edition by J C Fahey, The Battle of Egypt and The Army at War: Tunisia wartime publications, with three photographs of a Vickers Viscount aircraft, a Supermarine 510 over Weymouth, both dated 1949, and a 1947 photograph of HMS Vanguard en route to South Africa. (Condition report: books appear in generally good condition, sd) (3 BOXES)

An album of 1960s German Army photographs, mostly candid shots and manoeuvres. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

A large framed and glazed educational poster on the Roman army.

ARTIST: Don Balke (North Carolina, born 1933)NAME: Snow GooseYEAR: 1983MEDIUM: gouache on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 9 x 11 inches / 22 x 27 cmBOARD SIZE: 18 x 20 inches / 45 x 50 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for the Waterbirds of the 50 States South Dakota/Snow Goose. Sitting on the water with its wing tips hidden, a Snow Goose may be confused with a swan. But the Snow Goose's neck is distinctly shorter. Both males and females of the Snow Goose are very handsome birds with glistening white plumage. These beautiful waterbirds wear a black "grinning patch," a broad band along the mandibles that seems to give the birds a leering expression. In Spring, these elegant birds fly north in V's and ragged, sweeping curves from the main wintering grounds in California. They are indeed a beautiful spectacle of gleaming white bodies and black-tipped wings as they fly. On their way to their breeding grounds -- the arctic shores of Alaska and Canada -- they will make a stopover in South Dakota. They announce their coming with a resonant, melodious honking. Since the Snow Geese are very pretty, they are welcome visitors to South Dakota. On their summer grounds, they nest in colonies in a depression filled with mosses and lined with grasses. The nesting season of Snow Geese takes about twenty-five days. As the female patiently incubates her eggs, the male will stand guard close by. By the time the young are capable of flying a long distance, the Snow Geese will form migratory flocks and head south to their winter home. When they migrate, they fly very high. Sometimes they utter shrill falsetto notes and occasional softened honks as they make their journey. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120053US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Balke, the youngest of ten children, grew up on a farm in northern backcountry of Wisconsin. His family was completely dependent on the land; they tapped trees to make maple syrup; used crosscut saws for logging and horses for their farmwork; they raised crops for themselves and as income. His upbringing instilled in him a love of nature and wildlife. He received his first art award in a Wisconsin state-sponsored art contest while at elementary school for a painting of a black bear roaming in the woods. After serving in the US Army, he married Barbara Schernick[citation needed] and they moved to Chicago where he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts, now known as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During his time at the Academy, he specialized in still-life paintings. After graduating, he was hired by a Chicago illustrating studio and eventually moved back to Wisconsin where he worked as a commercial art director. He won many awards for his work as an art director and illustrator. On his own time, late in the night, he painted and developed his skills as a wildlife artist. After 17 years, he left his work as an art director to devote himself completely to watercolors and wildlife art. By 1979, they had six children and a home in the village of Thiensville, Wisconsin. Balke's love of nature took him to the NC mountains where he bought 200 acres in McDowell County and built a home. In 1985, a gallery was added and the Don Balke Wildlife Gallery was opened. In 1987, his work was chosen as the illustration for the official NC Zoo poster. In 1992, the United States Post Office issued a series of first-class postage stamps portraying five different species of hummingbirds designed by Balke. Balke travels to Africa, Australia, Ireland, the Caribbean, and across the 50 United States for inspiration and research. His wife, Barbara Schernick Balke, does extensive research on the animals and their habitats in preparation for the paintings and does much of the photography on research trips. He is best known for his detailed and realistic watercolor paintings portraying wildlife in their natural environment. In 2000, he transitioned to a more impressionistic style with oils portraying scenes from Yosemite National Park in California, Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks, and Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

ARTIST: Don Balke (North Carolina, born 1933)NAME: Mountain GoatYEAR: 1987MEDIUM: gouache on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 11 inches / 25 x 27 cmBOARD SIZE: 19 x 20 inches / 48 x 50 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftNOTE: This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. Wildlife of the 50 States 22c Mountain Goat/Washington stamp issued June 13, 1987. A breathtaking sight as they stand precariously at the edge of a precipice, Mountain Goats have a certain grace about them as they play king-of-the-hill among America's most remote peaks. Here, in the most remote retreats of the mountains, they scale incredible heights, jumping from precipice to precipice with sure-footed grace. Their rough-padded hooves, split into two spreadable toes, are perfectly suited to the rugged, precipitous mountain environment. Both nannies and billies sport beards and fleecy long shaggy outer coats that protect them from the wind. They are easily distinguished from their close relatives, the Big Horn Sheep, by long, thick, black horns which grow straight up, then curve back. Billies, who generally travel alone or in groups of two or three, become rivals at mating time, occasionally butting each other, but behaving gently, almost reverently, toward the female. By late spring the kids are born. The young Goats usually weigh about seven pounds at birth and within a half an hour can jump from rock to rock. During that time, they must learn about finding shelter and food in the hostile alpine environment. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120054US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Balke, the youngest of ten children, grew up on a farm in northern backcountry of Wisconsin. His family was completely dependent on the land; they tapped trees to make maple syrup; used crosscut saws for logging and horses for their farmwork; they raised crops for themselves and as income. His upbringing instilled in him a love of nature and wildlife. He received his first art award in a Wisconsin state-sponsored art contest while at elementary school for a painting of a black bear roaming in the woods. After serving in the US Army, he married Barbara Schernick[citation needed] and they moved to Chicago where he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts, now known as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During his time at the Academy, he specialized in still-life paintings. After graduating, he was hired by a Chicago illustrating studio and eventually moved back to Wisconsin where he worked as a commercial art director. He won many awards for his work as an art director and illustrator. On his own time, late in the night, he painted and developed his skills as a wildlife artist. After 17 years, he left his work as an art director to devote himself completely to watercolors and wildlife art. By 1979, they had six children and a home in the village of Thiensville, Wisconsin. Balke's love of nature took him to the NC mountains where he bought 200 acres in McDowell County and built a home. In 1985, a gallery was added and the Don Balke Wildlife Gallery was opened. In 1987, his work was chosen as the illustration for the official NC Zoo poster. In 1992, the United States Post Office issued a series of first-class postage stamps portraying five different species of hummingbirds designed by Balke. Balke travels to Africa, Australia, Ireland, the Caribbean, and across the 50 United States for inspiration and research. His wife, Barbara Schernick Balke, does extensive research on the animals and their habitats in preparation for the paintings and does much of the photography on research trips. He is best known for his detailed and realistic watercolor paintings portraying wildlife in their natural environment. In 2000, he transitioned to a more impressionistic style with oils portraying scenes from Yosemite National Park in California, Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks, and Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

ARTIST: Don Balke (North Carolina, born 1933)NAME: Bird - Blue JayYEAR: 1986MEDIUM: gouache on boardCONDITION: ExcellentSIGHT SIZE: 11 x 11 inches / 27 x 27 cmBOARD SIZE: 19 x 20 inches / 48 x 50 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. Wildlife of the 50 States 22c Blue Jay/North Carolina stamp issued June 13, 1987. One of the most commonly found birds of the eastern United States, the Blue Jay is distinguished from other woodland birds by its piercing jay-jay-jay. Known for mimicking the harsh cries of hawks, the Blue Jay nevertheless occasionally sings its own soft, low song and imitates the musical sounds of other songbirds. An inhabitant of forests, suburban gardens and parks, this friendly bird is often found in close proximity to humans. The Blue Jay's curious nature excites birdwatchers who enjoy observing its theatrical antics. A blue-winged bird with white on its wings and tail, the Blue Jay displays a prominent blue crest and black necklace. Black barrings appear on its wings and tail, while its breast and face are white. Though the Blue Jay is easily spotted by its vivid coloring, it is a master of camouflage, able to hide among tree branches even during winter months. An active, noisy bird, the Blue Jay often travels in small parties and enjoys eating nuts, seeds, fruits and insects. During migration, this boisterous bird travels in loose flocks of five to 50 and is a fall and winter visitor to Oregon and California. The Blue Jay's nest is usually located in the fork of a tree or on a branch, and is made of moss, twigs and leaves, which both the male and female gather as a team. The female lays three to six eggs which hatch within 16 to 18 days. Young birds leave the nest in about three weeks. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120440US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Balke, the youngest of ten children, grew up on a farm in northern backcountry of Wisconsin. His family was completely dependent on the land; they tapped trees to make maple syrup; used crosscut saws for logging and horses for their farmwork; they raised crops for themselves and as income. His upbringing instilled in him a love of nature and wildlife. He received his first art award in a Wisconsin state-sponsored art contest while at elementary school for a painting of a black bear roaming in the woods. After serving in the US Army, he married Barbara Schernick[citation needed] and they moved to Chicago where he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts, now known as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During his time at the Academy, he specialized in still-life paintings. After graduating, he was hired by a Chicago illustrating studio and eventually moved back to Wisconsin where he worked as a commercial art director. He won many awards for his work as an art director and illustrator. On his own time, late in the night, he painted and developed his skills as a wildlife artist. After 17 years, he left his work as an art director to devote himself completely to watercolors and wildlife art. By 1979, they had six children and a home in the village of Thiensville, Wisconsin. Balke's love of nature took him to the NC mountains where he bought 200 acres in McDowell County and built a home. In 1985, a gallery was added and the Don Balke Wildlife Gallery was opened. In 1987, his work was chosen as the illustration for the official NC Zoo poster. In 1992, the United States Post Office issued a series of first-class postage stamps portraying five different species of hummingbirds designed by Balke. Balke travels to Africa, Australia, Ireland, the Caribbean, and across the 50 United States for inspiration and research. His wife, Barbara Schernick Balke, does extensive research on the animals and their habitats in preparation for the paintings and does much of the photography on research trips. He is best known for his detailed and realistic watercolor paintings portraying wildlife in their natural environment. In 2000, he transitioned to a more impressionistic style with oils portraying scenes from Yosemite National Park in California, Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks, and Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

ARTIST: Don Balke (North Carolina, born 1933)NAME: Birds - Sandhill CraneYEAR: 1985MEDIUM: gouache on paperCONDITION: Very good. Minor damages to corners.SIGHT SIZE: 12 x 12 inches / 30 x 30 cmBOARD SIZE: 19 x 21 inches / 48 x 53 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftNOTE: This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood commemorative cover for Balke's Shorebirds of the 50 States, cancelled January 26, 1986. Belonging to one of the most ancient families of birds, the magnificent Sandhill Crane is a long-legged, long-necked member of the Crane family. Covered with gray plumage, the Sandhill can be distinguished by its brilliant red bald forehead. Using its six to seven foot wingspan to fly at speeds in excess of thirty miles per hour, the Sandhill elegantly glides through the skies as it migrates, usually in flocks of more than one hundred birds. Upon arriving at the nesting site, the Cranes joyously greet one another, bounding six to eight feet in the air, wings half-spread, stiff-legged and uttering a loud garooo-a-a-a call. After performing the equally intricate mating dance, the male Sandhill builds a four foot nest using marsh plants, weeds, and roots on the shallow waters of ponds or on the ground in large marshes or grasslands. Then, incubation of the two olive, spotted lavender eggs begins. Within a month, the brown-headed young Sandhills hatch, and can swim almost immediately, but are capable of flight only after several months. Later, deliberately separated from their parents, the young Sandhills fly with the flock to the wintering sites. During the winter, the Cranes roost together at night, standing in flocks on low damp land or in shallow water. Then, they fly from their roosting place at dawn to the feeding grounds. Sandhills are also known as garoos, upland cranes, or blue cranes. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover CorporationCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 118262US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Balke, the youngest of ten children, grew up on a farm in northern backcountry of Wisconsin. His family was completely dependent on the land; they tapped trees to make maple syrup; used crosscut saws for logging and horses for their farmwork; they raised crops for themselves and as income. His upbringing instilled in him a love of nature and wildlife. He received his first art award in a Wisconsin state-sponsored art contest while at elementary school for a painting of a black bear roaming in the woods. After serving in the US Army, he married Barbara Schernick[citation needed] and they moved to Chicago where he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts, now known as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During his time at the Academy, he specialized in still-life paintings. After graduating, he was hired by a Chicago illustrating studio and eventually moved back to Wisconsin where he worked as a commercial art director. He won many awards for his work as an art director and illustrator. On his own time, late in the night, he painted and developed his skills as a wildlife artist. After 17 years, he left his work as an art director to devote himself completely to watercolors and wildlife art. By 1979, they had six children and a home in the village of Thiensville, Wisconsin. Balke's love of nature took him to the NC mountains where he bought 200 acres in McDowell County and built a home. In 1985, a gallery was added and the Don Balke Wildlife Gallery was opened. In 1987, his work was chosen as the illustration for the official NC Zoo poster. In 1992, the United States Post Office issued a series of first-class postage stamps portraying five different species of hummingbirds designed by Balke. Balke travels to Africa, Australia, Ireland, the Caribbean, and across the 50 United States for inspiration and research. His wife, Barbara Schernick Balke, does extensive research on the animals and their habitats in preparation for the paintings and does much of the photography on research trips. He is best known for his detailed and realistic watercolor paintings portraying wildlife in their natural environment. In 2000, he transitioned to a more impressionistic style with oils portraying scenes from Yosemite National Park in California, Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks, and Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

ARTIST: Donald Roy Purdy (Connecticut, 1924 - 2016)NAME: Woman Starring at LandscapeMEDIUM: oil on boardCONDITION: Missing a few flakes of paint. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 36 inches / 60 x 91 cmFRAME SIZE: 36 x 48 inches / 91 x 121 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 121179US Shipping $249 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Self-taught, Purdy was influenced by many artists, including the Barbizon School, French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, and American 19th Century Painters. No particular artistic influence was evident during his childhood. After high school, he enlisted in the army air force and entered Germany as a foot soldier with the 9th army. After the war, Purdy pursued a degree in Psychology, graduating in 1949 from the University of Connecticut and from Boston University with his Master's in Psychology in 1950. While in Boston, Purdy worked in an art gallery, performing tasks such as framing pictures. It was here that he first became art-conscious and was surprised to learn that individuals actually chose art as a profession.Purdy lived and painted most of his life in New England. He exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe, including: The Britain Museum, Connecticut; The Butler Institute, Columbus, Ohio; Colby College, Maine; The University of Kansas; The Chrysler Collection; and Bernheim-Jeune Galleries, Paris. In addition, he has been honored with numerous awards including a Gold Medal from the Allied Artists. He was a teacher of painting at the Silvermine Academy of Art in Connecticut and is listed in Who's Who in American Art.

ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961)NAME: 1920s - ProhibitionYEAR: 1998MEDIUM: mixed media on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 17 x 14 inches / 43 x 35 cmBOARD SIZE: 23 x 16 inches / 58 x 40 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. Celebrate the Century Series 32c Prohibition Enforced stamp issued May 28, 1998. On October 28, 1919, the Volstead Act was passed, providing enforcement of the recently ratified 18th Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture, sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. President Herbert Hoover declared Prohibition to be "a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose." Most Americans, however, tended to disagree, especially those living in cities where illegal saloons or speakeasies flourished. Along with speakeasies came the men who supplied the illicit spirits, gangsters such as Frank Costello and Al Capone. Before long, the explosive growth of bootlegging and organized crime led to the broad corruption of public officials. Fewer than 1,600 liquor enforcement agents patrolled a nation inhabited by more than 105 million people, which possessed two lengthy borders and more than 18,000 miles of coastline. And since agents were paid miserable wages, few were dedicated to their work. Two notable exceptions were agents Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith -- famous for donning elaborate disguises to catch offenders. Calls for repeal of Prohibition began as early as 1923. It wasn't until February 20, 1933, however, that Congress passed the 21st Amendment, repealing the 18th Amendment and making liquor legal again. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 118692US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961)NAME: Japanese Aggression ArousesYEAR: 1998MEDIUM: mixed media on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 13 inches / 25 x 33 cmBOARD SIZE: 13 x 20 inches / 33 x 50 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting originally appeared on the Republic of the Marshall Islands The 20th Century series 60? Japanese Aggression Arouses World Opinion stamp issued July 15, 1998. In 1931 the world watched with great concern as Japan, eager to expand its empire, invaded and conquered Manchuria -- China's main industrial center. Despite international criticism and sanctions, Japan continued its ruthless quest for new territories throughout the decade. On July 7, 1937, Japanese forces attacked Chinese units near Beijing eventually capturing the cities of Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Guangzhou. Nanjing fell on December 13, 1937. Over the next six weeks, soldiers of Japan's Imperial Army committed the infamous "Rape of Nanjing," one of history's worst atrocities, during which an estimated 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed -- and some 20,000 women raped. The once beautiful city of Nanjing was also burned and pillaged. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120041US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961)NAME: 1900s - ImmigrationYEAR: 1997MEDIUM: mixed media on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 14 inches / 40 x 35 cmBOARD SIZE: 22 x 16 inches / 55 x 40 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. Celebrate the Century Series 32c Immigrants Arrive stamp issued February 3, 1998. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." The poignant words of American poet Emma Lazarus' sublime poem, The New Colossus, inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, reflect America's attitude toward the millions of immigrants that landed on Ellis Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As the nation's largest port of entry, the island received nearly three-fourths of all immigrants during its 40 years of full operation. Ellis Island received as many as 5,000 people a day, with the peak year for immigration occurring in 1907 when 1.3 million immigrants arrived. Most of America's immigrants between 1905 and 1907 were Russian Jews, Italians and people from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Ellis Island's facilities included dormitories to accommodate 1,500 people, kitchens, a laundry, recreation rooms and a special ferry service to the mainland. Most immigrants remained at Ellis Island for a short time, while waiting for their papers to be approved and until their families' arrival on later ships. Some were detained in quarantine for health checks. The massive immigration during the early 20th century helped to establish America as a melting pot of many cultures, providing people from all over the world with a new beginning. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 118705US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."

ARTIST: Chris Calle (American, born 1961)NAME: ChancellorsvilleYEAR: 1995MEDIUM: mixed media on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 13 inches / 35 x 33 cmBOARD SIZE: 23 x 18 inches / 58 x 45 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original which appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the 32c Battle of Chancellorsville Classic Collection Series stamp issued June 29, 1995. After the Battle of Fredericksburg, when General Ambrose E. Burnside attacked Robert E. Lee on Virginia's Rappahannock River, Burnside was relieved of command at his own request. Replacing him as commander of the Army of the Potomac was General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker. On April 27, 1863, Hooker sent his force of 120,000 men against Lee's army of only 60,000 men, still holding the Rappahannock line. Hooker's plan was to engage Lee's attention at Fredericksburg, then send another force around the town to attack the Confederate flank. The two pincers would try to isolate and crush the Army of Northern Virginia. But Hooker's right wing force had to march through a thickly wooded area making it vulnerable to surprise attack. Alert to Hooker's strategy, Lee left a screening force to protect his right flank at Fredericksburg and attacked Hooker straight on, at the same time sending General Stonewall Jackson to strike at the Union right. Jackson's savage attack from the pine thickets on May 2, at the crossroads junction known as Chancellorsville, caught the Northern army by surprise. After battling for three days across a 10-mile area, Hooker retreated. Union casualties were over 17,000, while the Confederate cost was 12,800. For Lee, his greatest victory was sadly Pyrrhic, since Jackson was mortally wounded by his own men. Nevertheless, Lee decided to launch a second invasion of the North, hoping to capture an important city like Harrisburg or Baltimore and possibly effect a triumphant peace.PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120047US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:The son of artist Paul Calle, Chris Calle studied painting and illustration at the University of Michigan School of Art and has become known both for his paintings and postage stamp designs.

ARTIST: Edward T Vebell (Illinois, 1921-2018)NAME: Fort SumterYEAR: 1980MEDIUM: gouache on boardCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 21 inches / 50 x 53 cmBOARD SIZE: 26 x 27 inches / 66 x 68 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original which was published on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for Epic Events in American History series issued in 1985. Determined to defend slavery and states' rights as fundamental to its way of life against the threat of hostile legislation from a victorious Republican party, South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860. Ten other southern states followed. Meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, in March of 1861, the newly seceded states declared their independence and drew up a Constitution. "Physically speaking," said President Lincoln in his Inaugural Address, "we cannot separate." South Carolina rejected this argument and, determined to repossess her own "territory," demanded the evacuation of federal forces on Sumter Island in Charleston Harbor. When Lincoln responded by sending an expedition to reinforce the Fort, General Beauregard, in command at Charleston, decided to rally southern support by precipitating war. At 4:30 on the morning of April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries fired the first guns of what was to be a four-year war. The Union commander, Major Anderson, responded as best he could, but in vain: the next morning the Fort was afire and Anderson lowered the flag. The next day the garrison marched out with colors flying and drums beating. Four years later to the day, General Anderson presided over the raising of Old Glory. "I thank God," he said, "that I have lived to see this day." And as he began to hoist the ragged and shell-torn flag, the wind caught it and shook its folds out above the Fort, and every soldier instinctively saluted.PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120441US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Ed Vebell (1921-2018) is an American illustrator, veteran, and Olympic athlete who attended the Chicago Institute of Art before enlisting. While serving in the Army, he was a contributing artist for Stars & Stripes magazine, working side by side with Bill Mauldin. His second major appointment was as courtroom artist for the Nuremburg Trials; his haunting portrait of Hermann Gering can be viewed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. Over the decades following the war, Vebell designed 16 circulated postage stamps for the US Postal Service, and enjoyed frequent commissions from Reader's Digest, Sports Illustrated, and Time.

ARTIST: Edward T Vebell (Illinois, 1921-2018)NAME: Fulton's Clermont SteamboatYEAR: 1980MEDIUM: acrylic on boardCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 21 inches / 50 x 53 cmBOARD SIZE: 26 x 27 inches / 66 x 68 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original which was published on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for Epic Events in American History series issued in 1985. It was the English who invented the first steam engine and the first steam railroad but it was an American, Robert Fulton, who, in 1807, formally launched the steamboat era. Fulton was not the inventor, however, of the steamboat: that distinction belongs to poor John Fitch, a Connecticut Yankee and a veteran of the Continental Army who, as early as 1787, built and launched a forty-five-foot steamboat. But, alas, nothing came of that brave experiment. Fitch could get no financing for his invention and in the end gave up in despair and fled to the wilds of Kentucky where he died. Ten years later, the New York lawyer and diplomat, Robert Livingston, anticipating the role that steamboats might play in a vast nation whose only effective transportation was by water, persuaded his young friend Robert Fulton, with whose artistic and inventive talents he was familiar, to try his hand at building a steamboat. Fulton boasted a natural talent for engineering. He eagerly embraced Livingston's proposal and by 1807 was ready to launch The Clermont, named after Livingston's hometown. On its maiden trip, the boat steamed up the Hudson to Albany and returned five days later, having averaged a speed of five miles an hour. Successful as it was, it brought no great wealth to either Livingston or Fulton, for in 1824, John Marshall's Court pronounced their monopoly unconstitutional as an infringement on congressional power to regulate "commerce concerning the several states."PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120443US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Ed Vebell (1921-2018) is an American illustrator, veteran, and Olympic athlete who attended the Chicago Institute of Art before enlisting. While serving in the Army, he was a contributing artist for Stars & Stripes magazine, working side by side with Bill Mauldin. His second major appointment was as courtroom artist for the Nuremburg Trials; his haunting portrait of Hermann Gering can be viewed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. Over the decades following the war, Vebell designed 16 circulated postage stamps for the US Postal Service, and enjoyed frequent commissions from Reader's Digest, Sports Illustrated, and Time.

ARTIST: Edward T Vebell (Illinois, 1921 - 2018)NAME: Edison Invents LightYEAR: 1979MEDIUM: gouache on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 21 inches / 50 x 53 cmBOARD SIZE: 26 x 27 inches / 66 x 68 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 118691US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Ed Vebell is an American illustrator, veteran, and Olympic athlete who attended the Chicago Institute of Art before enlisting. While serving in the Army, he was a contributing artist for Stars & Stripes magazine, working side by side with Bill Mauldin. His second major appointment was as courtroom artist for the Nuremburg Trials; his haunting portrait of Hermann Gering can be viewed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. Over the decades following the war, Vebell designed 16 circulated postage stamps for the US Postal Service, and enjoyed frequent commissions from Reader's Digest, Sports Illustrated, and Time.

ARTIST: J Craig Thorpe (Washington, born 1948)NAME: Train - Washington LocomotiveYEAR: 1994MEDIUM: oil on heavy paperCONDITION: Very good. Damage to lower edge of paper (painting by intself is not damaged). No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cmPAPER SIZE: 18 x 15 inches / 45 x 38 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftNOTE: This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood Legendary Locomotives of the 50 States Washington Commemorative Cover postmarked December 20, 1994. When confronted with a mountain range, the visionaries who built America's railroads had three choices: go around it, over it or through it. Those were the options available to John F. Stevens, engineer for the Great Northern Railway, when he found the Cascade Range between him and his proposed route to Puget Sound. Stevens had already brought the Great Northern through the Rocky Mountains. That experience helped him recognize the virtues of the pass that would eventually bear his name. Stevens Pass was ideal in that it allowed for several different routes. In fact, over the years, the Great Northern has had three routes at the Pass, one over it and two through it. The first ran across the summit on a series of eight arduous and time-consuming switchbacks. Not long after the switchback line was completed, work began on the original Cascade Tunnel. Nine years later, on December 20, 1900, the tunnel was opened and the switchbacks were closed. Although the new route was a vast improvement, it was still beset with severe curves, miles of snow sheds and four-percent grades. So in 1925, the Great Northern began construction on another tunnel at a more favorable site. Opened on January 29, 1929, the second Cascade Tunnel runs 7.8 miles, making it the longest railroad tunnel in the United States. Great Northern's 2-8-0 freight engine No. 1106, featured on this artwork, was built in 1901 by the Rogers Locomotive Works. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120064US Shipping $49 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:J. Craig Thorpe is a nationally recognized artist specializing in conceptual renderings and landscape paintings. Says Robert Eaton, Mayor of Leavenworth, WA, “Craig understands the history, needs, and mission of our community. Our investment in his talents has more than paid for itself. Craig's interest in art dates from his formative years in Pittsburgh, PA. The landscapes of the area, with its undulating topography, rivers, industrial plants and railroads captured his imagination. The imagery of those experiences shaped the foundation of a career.Thorpe studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with a BFA in Industrial Design. Following a short stint in the US Army Transportation Corps, he worked for architects in Virginia. After graduate school in New England, where he earned a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Thorpe moved to Seattle, WA and served as a Presbyterian pastor.In 1985 he chose to leave parish work to begin free-lance architectural and transportation illustration. When Amtrak featured his painting of the new Olympia, WA station on its 1993 corporate calendar, Thorpe's rail art began to be recognized nationally. He continues to produce commissioned works for Amtrak including the commemorative centennial paintings of Washington D.C. Union Station (2008) and Glacier National Park (2010). His most recent work is a collection of vignettes celebrating Amtrak's 40th anniversary in 2011.Craig is widely known for these and commissions by other rail clients such as the White Pass & Yukon Route in Alaska. Says Michael Brandt, the railway's Vice President, Craig has embraced the WP&YR brand and created iconic legacy artworks for us. They reflect his relationship with the company, its people, history and future. Other noted Alaskan clients include Holland America Line and Alaska Marine Lines. The grandeur and scale of Alaska and indeed all the west itself have expanded his literal and figurative horizons. A new series of smaller Northwest landscapes is growing in popularity.Thorpe is foremost a landscape painter and even his industrial commissions set the subjects in their unique settings. Says the artist, "The haste, cynicism and expediency of our age has blurred an ability to see beauty. These paintings help people refocus." He combines a technical accuracy with a painterly style evoking an emotional response from the viewer: "That painting makes me want to be right there!" He partners with clients to create art which honors tradition, celebrates the present and creates a legacy. While working in a variety of media, most of Thorpe's published works are oil-on-canvas.His paintings have appeared on calendars, posters, cards, menus, timetables and a host of other items.J. Craig Thorpe's work has been published in various papers and journals such as the Arizona Republic, Denver Post, and USA Today, National Parks Magazine, Audubon and books such as Alfred Runte's Allies of the Earth: Railroads and the Soul of Preservation and Trains of Discovery: Railroads and the Legacy of Our National Parks. Thorpe and his wife Cathy, a counselor in private practice, live in Bellevue, Washington and have three grown children, each an artist in his own way.

ARTIST: J Craig Thorpe (Washington, born 1948)NAME: Train - Kansas LocomotiveYEAR: 1995MEDIUM: gouache on heavy paperCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cmPAPER SIZE: 18 x 15 inches / 45 x 38 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original which appeared on the Fleetwood Legendary Locomotives of the 50 States Kansas Commemorative Cover postmarked April 1, 1995. Shortly after the turn of the century, railroad promoter Arthur Stilwell began building the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad (KCM&O). Claiming that he had "designed a railroad 1,600 miles long which will bring the Pacific Ocean 400 miles nearer to Kansas City than any other present route," Stilwell set out to construct a rail system that would link the Midwest to the port city of Topolobampo, Mexico, which was intended as an entrepot for shipping American goods to the Orient. The line was built in five disconnected sections throughout the United States and Mexico. On April 1, 1903, 74 miles of track -- linking Milton, Kansas, to Carmen, Oklahoma -- became the first completed American segment of the line. Although construction of the KCM&O was fairly rapid at first, in 1910 the Mexican Revolution halted operations on the southern leg of the route. In fact, Francisco "Pancho" Villa -- one of the principal leaders of the revolution -- was one of Stilwell's contractors. By spring of 1912, the troubled KCM&O entered receivership and Stilwell's dream went unfulfilled. In 1928, the Santa Fe Railway acquired the American portion of the KCM&O, and the Mexican segment eventually came under government control. The line wasn't finally completed until 1961. Pictured here is the No. 208 -- one of 15 engines built by the Pittsburgh Locomotive works for the KCM&O between 1909 and 1911. This 2-8-0 engine became Santa Fe's No. 2542, and today is on display in Arkansas City, Kansas.PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120444US Shipping $49 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:J. Craig Thorpe is a nationally recognized artist specializing in conceptual renderings and landscape paintings. Says Robert Eaton, Mayor of Leavenworth, WA, “Craig understands the history, needs, and mission of our community. Our investment in his talents has more than paid for itself. Craig's interest in art dates from his formative years in Pittsburgh, PA. The landscapes of the area, with its undulating topography, rivers, industrial plants and railroads captured his imagination. The imagery of those experiences shaped the foundation of a career.Thorpe studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with a BFA in Industrial Design. Following a short stint in the US Army Transportation Corps, he worked for architects in Virginia. After graduate school in New England, where he earned a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Thorpe moved to Seattle, WA and served as a Presbyterian pastor.In 1985 he chose to leave parish work to begin free-lance architectural and transportation illustration. When Amtrak featured his painting of the new Olympia, WA station on its 1993 corporate calendar, Thorpe's rail art began to be recognized nationally. He continues to produce commissioned works for Amtrak including the commemorative centennial paintings of Washington D.C. Union Station (2008) and Glacier National Park (2010). His most recent work is a collection of vignettes celebrating Amtrak's 40th anniversary in 2011.Craig is widely known for these and commissions by other rail clients such as the White Pass & Yukon Route in Alaska. Says Michael Brandt, the railway's Vice President, Craig has embraced the WP&YR brand and created iconic legacy artworks for us. They reflect his relationship with the company, its people, history and future. Other noted Alaskan clients include Holland America Line and Alaska Marine Lines. The grandeur and scale of Alaska and indeed all the west itself have expanded his literal and figurative horizons. A new series of smaller Northwest landscapes is growing in popularity.Thorpe is foremost a landscape painter and even his industrial commissions set the subjects in their unique settings. Says the artist, "The haste, cynicism and expediency of our age has blurred an ability to see beauty. These paintings help people refocus." He combines a technical accuracy with a painterly style evoking an emotional response from the viewer: "That painting makes me want to be right there!" He partners with clients to create art which honors tradition, celebrates the present and creates a legacy. While working in a variety of media, most of Thorpe's published works are oil-on-canvas.His paintings have appeared on calendars, posters, cards, menus, timetables and a host of other items.J. Craig Thorpe's work has been published in various papers and journals such as the Arizona Republic, Denver Post, and USA Today, National Parks Magazine, Audubon and books such as Alfred Runte's Allies of the Earth: Railroads and the Soul of Preservation and Trains of Discovery: Railroads and the Legacy of Our National Parks. Thorpe and his wife Cathy, a counselor in private practice, live in Bellevue, Washington and have three grown children, each an artist in his own way.

Original vintage travel poster featuring a stunning artwork depicting Cap Arcona ocean liner sailing on the water with people on the deck. SS Cap Arcona made the first voyage as part of Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft - Hamburg-South America Line from Germany to Buenos Aires in South America in 1927. During the World War II in 1940 it was requisitioned by the navy of Nazi Germany as an accommodation ship, later it was used as a set of a German propaganda movie Titanic, in 1945 it was used to evacuate German refugees from East Prussia before the advance of the Soviet Red Army, finally the liner served as a prison ship carrying Nazi concentration camp prisoners, before it along with Thielbek and Deutschland ships were bombed by the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force, which caused the sinking of all vessels in 1945. Printed by Art Institute Langebarte / Kunstanstalt Langebarte. Fair condition, staining, foxing, creasing, pinholes, tears, missing sheet? Country of issue: Germany, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 114x60, year of printing: 1930s.

Original vintage propaganda poster issued in Czechoslovakia - We celebrate May 1, XI Anniversary liberated by the Soviet Army. May 5th All for the victory race 1956 / Slavime 1. Maj XI Vyroci osvobozeni Sovetskou Armadou. 5. Kvetna Všichni na beh vitezstvi 1956 - featuring an illustration of men and women running with Czechoslovak and Soviet flags in commemoration of the World War Two end, with blue and yellow bold lettering set over light blue background. Good condition, folds, creasing. Country of issue: Czechoslovakia, designer: PT, size (cm): 96x40, year of printing: 1956.

Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Any aggressor will have the same end! - featuring an illustration of a Red Army soldier holding a rocket with a hammer and sickle print in one hand and a group of an American capitalist and a Nazi looking at a painting in his other hand performed by the caricaturists and cartoonists Kukryniksy (Kupriyanov, Krylov, Sokolov) titled The End, portraying Hitler in the doorway of a bunker, Gebbels behind him, and generals in despair with a bottle of alcohol and hanging phone receiver. Very good condition, minor staining, minor creasing. Country of issue: Russia, designer: A.N. Dobrov, size (cm): 84x55, year of printing: 1969.

Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - The party is our helmsman - featuring an illustration of a Red Army soldier holding a banner and a gun with a bandage on his head and medals on his chest standing on a pile with Nazi swastikas and wreckage that reads 'Adolph Hitler'. Fair condition, creasing, tears, staining, browning. Country of issue: Russia, designer: E. Artsrunyan, size (cm): 87x58, year of printing: 1969.

Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - USA - Stronghold of reaction and aggression. - featuring an illustration of the Statue of Liberty with rockets guns and gallows, illustration of a soldier, dislocation of American soldiers, the text on the poster reads - American billionaires have opened a particularly tragic page in the bloody history of imperialism. Lenin. The USA is the largest country of capitalism. Territory - 9.4 million square meters, population - 202 million people. 2.9 million people live in the colonial possessions of the United States. The events of the last decade have revealed with even greater force the image of US imperialism as a world exploiter and gendarme, an implacable enemy of the liberation movements. The USA is a state of sharp social contrasts, monstrous property and political inequality, and racism. While 2% of the population owns half of the national wealth, 35 million people live in poverty and 11.5 million go hungry. 25 million blacks live in conditions of racial inequality and are persecuted. Despite the fact that imperialism as a world system is stronger, it remains a serious and dangerous adversary. The aggressiveness of the main imperialist power, the United States, has intensified. An army of 500,000 is waging a bandit war in Vietnam. Over the past 5 years, US military spending has amounted to almost $350 billion, i.e. 20% more than during all the years of the Second World War. In today's world, the efforts of imperialist states, primarily the United States, have created an ominous web of regional military blocs and alliances that are hotbeds of tension and hotbeds of military conflicts. 429 large and almost 3,000 small bases and strongholds have been set up by the Pentagon on foreign territories. About 1.5 million US troops are stationed in over 100 states. The United States and its partners in military blocs in the post-war period organized and provoked more than 200 military conflicts and local wars aimed at suppressing the revolutionary and national liberation movement. Soviet soldiers must be especially vigilant against the intrigues of imperialism, constantly maintain high combat readiness in order to crush any aggressor. Good condition, tears, creasing, small paper loss on image. Country of issue: Russia, designer: S. Sokolov, size (cm): 62x44, year of printing: 1969.

Original vintage public safety poster Booby Traps Can Kill - Check for loose wires, fishing lines, strange objects or smells - Every time, don't hesitate - Ask for help dial 999, tell the RUC the UDR or the army. Design features photographs of booby traps on a car, gate and doorway. Poster produced to raise awareness during the troubles in Northern Ireland. The Troubles, also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, took place in Northern Ireland and lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Good condition, creasing, pinholes, paper loss in top right corner, small tears, paint on right edge. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 42x30, year of printing: 1970s.

Original antique World War One recruitment poster - The Military Service Act, 1916, Applies to unmarried men who, on August 15th, 1915, were 18 years of age or over and who will not be 41 years of age on March 2nd, 1916. All men (not excepted or exempted), between the above ages who, on November 2nd, 1915, were Unmarried or Widowers without any Child dependent on them will, on Thursday, March 2nd, 1916 be deemed to be enlisted for the period of the War. They will be placed in the Reserve until Called Up in their Class. Men excepted: Soldiers, including Territorials who have volunteered for Foreign Service; Men serving in the Navy or Royal Marines; Men discharged from Army or Navy, disabled or ill, or Time-Expired men; Men rejected for the Army since August 14th, 1915; Clergymen, Priests, and Ministers of Religion; Visitors from the Dominions. Men who may be exempted by local tribunals: Men more useful to the Nation in their present employments; Men in whose case Military Service would cause serious hardship owing to exceptional financial or business obligations or domestic position; Men who are ill or infirm; Men who conscientiously object to combatant service. If the Tribunal thinks fit, men may, on this ground, be (a) exempted from combatant service only engaged in work of National importance. Up to March 2nd, a man can apply to his Local Tribunal for a certificate of exemption. There is a Right of Appeal. He will not be called up until his case has been dealt with finally. Certificates of exemption may be absolute, conditional or temporary. Such certificates can be renewed, varied or withdrawn. Men retain their Civil Rights until called up and are amenable to Civil Courts only. Do not wait until March 2nd. Enlist voluntarily now. For fuller particulars of the Act, please apply for Leaflet No. 64 to the nearest Post Office, Police Station, or Recruiting Office. Published by The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London. Poster No. 153. Printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd London. Good condition, folds, creasing, tears, minor staining. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 101x63, year of printing: 1916.

Original vintage World War Two poster - If you tell where he's going... He may never get there! - featuring an illustration of a smiling United States army navy sailor carrying a sack over his shoulder. Published by the United States Navy Reserve. Printed by U.S. Government Printing Office. Distributed for the Issuing Agency by the Office of War Information. Good condition, folds, tears. Country of issue: USA, designer: John Falter, size (cm): 71x51, year of printing: 1943.

Original vintage World War One poster Orphanage of the Army - Ensure to small orphans: Home and maternal tenderness; Education in the country; An appropriate career for each child; The religion of their fathers / Orphelinat des armée Assurer aux petits orphelins: Le foyer et la tendresse maternelle; L'éducation au pays; Une carrière appropriée a chaque enfant; La religion de leurs pères. Design by Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) features women and children standing in line at church surrounded by flowers and crucifixes. Fair condition, large paper losses, several tears, staining, creasing, folds. Country of issue: UK, designer: Frank Brangwyn, size (cm): 152x100, year of printing: 1910s.

Original vintage Vietnam war window card recruiting poster - I Want You For U.S. Army. The poster features a sticker with an address of US Army Recruiting Station at 2529 Hampton Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63139. The US Government decided to re-use an iconic poster from the First World War for their recruitment and draft campaign during the Vietnam war. The design features an iconic illustration of Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer by an American artist James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960). Good condition, staining, creasing, backed on card, separate sheet stuck on for recruiting station address. Country of issue: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 36x28, year of printing: 1975.

Original vintage two panel Tatekan movie poster for the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service Japanese release, directed by Peter Hunt and starring George Lazenby as 007 James Bond with Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas as Blofeld. Fantastic artwork incorporating the American artist Robert McGinnis's work showing James Bond in his trademark black tie suit (tuxedo) and a scantily dressed Diana Rigg holding up pistol guns and skiing in front of explosions with an army shooting from the ski slope below helicopters flying in front of the mountains, and explosions on the race track below, the tagline and title in the centre in red and green letters. Very good condition, light folds, minor creasing. Country of issue: Japan, designer: Robert McGinnis & Frank McCarthy, size (cm): Printed on two sheets: 73x51 and 74x51, year of printing: 1969.

Swiss Army Bicycle 'Milit�rvelo' model no. "38264" "1950", with leather saddle Condition Report:Looks clean, however will not servicing before proper use.

Wehrmacht 1930s Army Peak Cap possibly Afrika Korps, and Local interest ID Tags and 1940 dated Army Side Cap to Lt Hare Royal Engineers