17th Jun, 2011 10:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
  Lot 90
 

90

A Very Interesting and Extensive Collection of Photographs of Events at the End of the Second World

A Very Interesting and Extensive Collection of Photographs of Events at the End of the Second World War, including the signing of the terms of unconditional surrender by the Nazi Chief of Staff, many of the allied leaders including Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, Montgomery, Eisenhower and Haile Selassie, a series of scenes of the Russian and American link-up on the Elbe River, Lord Gort taking over in Palestine, US Marines on Okinawa, British OFLAG Prisoners released by American troops, the execution of the Nazi spy Richard Jarczykj, assembly lines for the B29 Superfortress wings at the Boeing Aircraft Company plant, Washington, and many more some with typed descriptions on reverse passed by Shaef Censor, some from the Ministry of Information, some with OWI Radiophoto passed by US Censor,

Sold for £580
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 17th Jun, 2011

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