EditorialCavalry and footmen in battle Cavalry battle, Battlefield on an open plain, where footmen and cavalry with swords and spears stick together. In the right foreground, a figure is almost trampled by a horse, while an infantryman tries to pierce a rider w...
EditorialFoot, trunk and part of the bowl of a flute glass (with the English coat of arms and a muzzled bear), originally engraved with a decorated button and on the bowl on one side the English coat of arms (quartelated a and four, three lilies and three crawl...
EditorialChildren play the game Crawl through sneak through. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 27-Jan-1650. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 95 mm ? w 243 mm.
EditorialSepoy Khudad Khan, V.C; 129th Baluchis. Khudadad Khan, VC (20 October 1888 – 8 March 1971), was the first native-born Indian to win the Victoria Cross, during the first battle of Ypres. His citation reads: 'On 31st October, 1914, at Hollebeke, Belgi...
EditorialSalamanders crawl through flames. Bestiary. England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. (Miniature with text) Salamanders crawling through flames which leave them unharmed since they can extinguish them at will. Image taken from Bestiary. Originally published/p...
EditorialLance-Corporal David Finlay, V.C., 2nd bn. Black Watch. David Finlay VC (20 January 1893 – 21 January 1916) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross. On 9 May 1915 near Rue du Bois, France, Lance-Corporal Finlay led a bombing party of 12 men in...