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Pictures, Paintings, and Posters
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Giant Luftwaffe Print and Chart “Battle of Britain” (Item PICS 1-1; LUFT 10-7) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here is the absolute greatest colorful picture that would spice up any great German Air Force-oriented collection. This, as far as we know, is an out-of-print chart. This was bought unframed, but we thought so much of it we decided to have it framed (it deserved it!) This is the most dramatic-looking presentation we have ever seen depicting this heroic struggle in the skies of war-torn Europe. Amazingly here surrounding the great picture of the Luftwaffe pilot and crew are all of the squadron insignia of the fighter and bomber units. This is about as dramatic as it gets. We also have for those interested a matching one for the RAF, but not framed (inquire). The colors are fantastic. This is huge 37 x 27 inches in its frame. The framing alone was over $100 and bear in mind that this will have to be specially packaged for shipping, but well worth it! Absolutely beautiful and probably not available elsewhere, at least to our knowledge.
PRICE: $200.00 plus shipping and handling |
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Color Poster of Hitler and J. von Ribbentrop (Item PICS 1-2) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here is a color photo poster of the Führer and Joachim von Ribbentrop, Germany’s Foreign Minister. The scene was photographed somewhere in the eastern front. Von Ribbentrop stayed loyal to his leader all during the turbulent times and even stayed loyal and steady at the Nuremberg Trials, where, as a result of his loyalty and patriotic dedication, he lost his life to the allied “winners.”
PRICE: $95.00, unframed, but mounted; 45, unmounted, sent rolled |
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Picture of the Feldherrenhalle (Item PICS 1-3; ART 7-9) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here is a great color print of the Feldherrenhalle, the most sacred shrine of the Third Reich. This revered place was the building with its frontal façade with pillars and lions guarding the front steps. This was the hall of the marshals. It sits (or sat) in the Odeonsplatz in Munich. It was the final place where Munichers witnessed the massacre of the NSDAP marchers on November 9, 1923. Fourteen of the insurgents were slain when they met with 100 soldiers and state police. The two groups exchanged fire. Historians believe the government forces fired first. The incident resulted in Hilter’s being convicted and his being incarcerated at Landsberg where he wrote Mein Kampf. At the side of the edifice was an eagle-supported monument. The eagle adorned atop the plaque commemorated the fallen of this Beer Hall Putsch. The Feldherrenhalle became a place of extreme reverence to the NSDAP and it was required that one would give the “Heil Hitler” salute when passing the monument at the left side (the Mahnmall). Each November 9th the march was re-created with original participants and at 12:00 midnight new recruits of the SS were sworn in during an elaborate and moving ceremony climaxing with all the assembled SS men singing, “We Gather Together to Receive the Lord’s Blessings.” The picture we offer is a beautiful print of this ceremony. We offer it framed. A deluxe frame for one price and there is another price unframed. It measures 23 x 18 inched framed. This is a beautiful mahogany frame just as nice as they come and will be considered a first-class accouterment to any good collection.
PRICE: $135.00, framed; $45.00, unframed |
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An Original Picture of Old Dresden (Item PICS 1-4) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here is a picture in full, vibrant color (framed) of the precious old city of Dresden. This was the jewel box of Europe where King Agustus the Strong sponsored the invention of hard-paste porcelain and began the era of the figural arts. Dresden was the city of cultural refinement and noble artistic accomplishment where no real rivals existed. It was called the Florence of the Elbe. It had an unmatched collection of baroque architecture that predominated during the reign of Augustus of Saxony. The Semper Opera house, the Zwinger, Frauenkirche were the finest baroque buildings ever to grace any nation’s cultural history. In 1942, Charles Portal of the British Air Staff along with the diabolical Air Marshal Arthur Harris introduced a policy of area bombing better know as terror bombing. This was the tactic used by the Royal Air Force and the U.S Army Air Force. This meant the creation of firestorms. This, of course, was achieved by dropping incendiary bombs filled with highly combustible chemical such as magnesium, phosphorus, or petroleum jelly (napalm) in cluster over a specific target. After the area caught fire, the air above the bombed area became extremely hot and rose rapidly. Cold air then rushed in at ground level from the outside and people were literally sucked into the fire. In 1945, Harris decided to create such a firestorm in the medieval city of Dresden. To him it was a good target as it had not been attacked during the war and was virtually undefended by antiaircraft guns. The population of the city was now far greater than the normal 650,000 because of the large numbers of refugees fleeing from the raping, pillaging, murdering red army that was rapidly advancing. On February 13, 1945, 773 Avro Lancasters bombed Dresden. During the next two days the USAAF sent over 500 heavy bombers to follow up the RAF attack. As a result of the firestorm it was afterwards impossible to count the number of victims. Recent research puts the number as over 100,000 killed. Many say that this terror murder spree was merely a demonstration to show the Russians what bomber command could do. The dictionary defines holocaust as a burned offering. Was this a holocaust? Vladimar Putin has said that the west “didn’t abound with any special humanity!” Anyone who thinks that this was not a war crime of gigantic proportions would be an individual with demonic agenda aforethought. Speaking of diabolical exercise in warfare, history will record that ultimately it was Winston Churchill who signed Dresden’s death warrant. He had the power to restrain the “madman” bomber Harris, or to encourage him. Obviously the latter was the case. IN 1992, a statue was unveiled by Britain’s Queen Mother. It was a plain statue of a man in RAF uniform. The unveiling caused international criticism and the horrible travesty of human dignity by erecting this glorification of murder was attacked by protesters (mostly English). The statue was incredibly a bronze depiction of the terrorist Arthur Harris, who with the prime minister created the biggest single massacre in European history. The picture we offer should be a sort of memorial to this once beautiful city and a reminder of what can be the result of fratricidal war. The size of the picture that is quite large is 50 x 31 inches in its frame. Special handling will be required in shipping (one only).
PRICE: $350.00 |
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Battle of the Teutoberg Forest in 9 ad; Schlacht in Teutobergerwald (Item PICS 1-9; ART 6-18; OLD 4-7) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This was originally an Entwurf (design) for a tapestry by the famous Third Reich artist Werner Peiner. It depicts in dramatic and colorful detail the victorious Germans under Arminius or, as he was called by his people, Hermann der Cherusci. (See our write-up at Beer Steins, Item 1-8.) The Germanic warriors fell upon the Roman invaders with a fury unbounded. Former tribes, who had warred against each other for centuries, drew together under Hermann’s leadership and soundly defeated the proud legions of Imperial Rome. Quintilius Varus, seen at about one o’clock in the portrayal, looks flabbergasted and in complete surprise in the first moments of the battle. The annihilation was complete with no survivors among the legions. The battle changed completely the course of history. This depiction is only a mid detail of the much larger portrait. Looking closely one can see the NSDAP motif on various Germanic war shields. For some rather humorous relief in an otherwise bloody confrontation note the two figures in the covered wagon, especially the posterior of the guy with the red trousers. Peiner was not without humor. This is an absolutely original-period print, not a copy. We went to considerable expense to have it specially framed simply because this battle was the world’s most important one and the beautiful depiction by Peiner deserves no less. It measures 21 ½ x 18 ½ inches in the frame. The actual picture is 14 x 10 ½. This is truly a thing of beauty and since it is original it is also worthy of preserving.
PRICE: SOLD |
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