Lot 476
A large photograph album of an Ottoman general, circa 1916/17
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A102m | Live auction | 931 Lots
Hammer price € 24,000
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A total of more than 130 mostly glued-in photographs in black and white ranging in size from 22 x 28 cm to 7 x 10 cm as well as a few photographs loosely enclosed, some of them captioned in Turkish or German. Group photographs with allied officers/generals, among them General Kahanovsky. Furthermore, infantry, cavalry, artillery, balloon, manoeuvre, parades etc. Uniforms and equipment discernible in detail. One folding page inscribed (tr.) "In cordial remembrance of the delegation of Ottoman officers’ visit to the Field Airship Division 3./Exc. Lieutenant General Essad Pasha. Major General Renzi Pasha. Major Refic Mynyr Bey". In a solid contemporary album covered in brown paper with crocodile-skin look, corners and back of brown leather (edges rubbed). Slightly damaged in places, traces of age. Dimensions of the heavy album approx. 29 x 39 x 4 cm. Unique photograph album of a general of the Ottoman Empire, a rare testimonial of the collaboration with the Allied Forces in World War I.Condition: II Questions about the lot?
