Special World War One Collectors Print Pack.
DPK0715. Special World War One Collectors Print Pack. Military Print Pack.
Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM243. Breaking the Hindenburg Line by J.P. Beadle. The Hindenburg Line known also as the Siegfried Line was a vast system of German defences in northeastern France between Lens and past Verdun. Built over the winter of 1916 and 1917, the high command in Germany believed the Hindenburg line was was impregnable. But in 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai it was temporarily broken by the British and Newfoundland troops. Included in these forces were tank units, and the line was successfully breached a number of times during the hundred day offensive by the Allied forces in September 1918. Shown in this painting are the wounded being taken back behind lines by medical personnel as the reinforcements and supplies move forward. Open edition print. Image size 11.5 inches x 6 inches (29cm x 15cm)
Item #2 - Click to view individual item DHM440B. Backs to the Wall by Robert Gibb. The painting was inspired by Sir Douglas Haig's famous Special Order of the Day at the time of the Great German Offensive of April 1918.
…There is no other course open to us but to fight it out. Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end…
This painting was Robert Gibb's final battle scene painted after the War and towards the end of his life. He died in Edinburgh in 1932. With our Backs to the Wall has become a saying in familiar use to many people even to this day when faced with a monumental task against overwhelming odds. Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)
Item #3 - Click to view individual item DHM443B. Battle of Gheluvelt, 31st October 1914 by J.P. Beadle. The 2nd Battalion Worcester Regiment and South Wales Borderers arriving in the grounds of the Chateau at Gheluvelt after their historic counter attack on 31st October 1914. Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm)
Item #4 - Click to view individual item DHM444B. The Suffolks at Neuve Chapel by Dadd. Soldiers of the Suffolk Regiments are seen in their trenches during the attacks at Neuve Chappell during the first world war. Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm)
Item #5 - Click to view individual item DHM496B. Action of the 6th Mounted Brigade at El Muhgar by J.P. Beadle. Depicting the charge of the Bucks, Berks and Dorset Yeomanry on November 13th 1917 during the Palestine campaign Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 19cm)
Item #6 - Click to view individual item DHM1082B. The 5th Lancers Re-enter Mons, November 1918 by Richard Caton Woodville. The 5th Lancers (attached to the Canadian Corps) were the first British troops to re-enter Mons, just as they had been the last to leave Mons in August 1914. Very few of the troopers who left Mons in 1914 were there to re-enter in 1918. Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)
Item #7 - Click to view individual item VAR490. Here They Come by William Barnes Wollen. Coldstream Guards, France 1914. Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)
Item #8 - Click to view individual item VAR402. Gallipoli Anzac Beach by Charles Dixon. The Landing at Anzac, April 25th 1915. Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm)
Item #9 - Click to view individual item VAR0161. Charge of the First Life Guards at the battle of Klein Zillebeke November 6th 1914 by Harry Payne. Lower price due to lower quality of print compared to our usual high standard. Open edition print. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)
Website Price: £ 50.00
To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £143.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £93
All prices are displayed in British Pounds Sterling
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