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WW1 Commemorative Plaque For A Fallen Soldier
A WW1 Commemorative plaque honoring fallen soldier Private Dyer J. Byrd from Ohio on March 1st 1918 in the St. Clement sector. While at a listening post a German raiding party approached him. He threw two grenades, as he turned to sound the alarm he was shot. As went down he was heard to say, “The Germans are coming in the form of a wedge. Boys, I’m dying.” More about Private Dyer J. Byrd.
The plaque is made of wood and consists of a central heavy bronze plaque and four medals awarded to the fallen soldier of his service during World War One.
The plaque depicts the goddess of liberty and freedom holding a laurel wreath and a sword or baton. Behind her are soldiers in ceremonial uniforms saluting with their rifles and fixed bayonets as the sun shines behind them.
The plaque reads:
1917 World War 1918
In Memory Of
Private Dyer J. Byrd US 166th Infantry
(Illegible) - March 1918
Medal top right: Interallied medal 1914-1918 - The Great War For Civilization
Medal bottom right: WW1 French medal for valor and discipline
Medal left top: WW1 French medal Croix de Guerre (war cross)
Medal left bottom: French commemorative medal of the Great War
Dimensions:
Height: 41 cm / 16.14 inches
Width: 30 cm / 11.81 inches
Commemorative Plaque For Lieutenant De Lancy J. Colvin
Commemorative plaque for Lieutenant De Lancy J. Colvin of Jackson, Michigan, a World War One hero killed in action in France in 1918.
The plaque is wood and is adorned at the top part with the great seal of the United States, Marine Corps emblems on each side.
On the right a medal for Somme offensive and on the left the Pennsylvania National Guard 28th Division WW1 Service Award.
At the bottom a Rene Lalique WW1 Journee Du Poilu 1915 bronze cross. The "Journée du Poilu" medal was created as part of a fundraising campaign to support French soldiers and war orphans.
The center plaque reads:
Presented by the county of Jackson Michigan
To
Lieutenant De Lancy J. Colvil (We believe that there was a mistake in the printing of the plaque, since no Colvil existed with that name from Jackson Michigan)
In great appreciation
Of the services rendered
In the World War
1917-1918
Dimensions:
Height: 35 cm / 13.77 inches
Width: 24 cm / 9.44 inches
British 21st Army Group Headquarters WW2 Commemorative Plaque
British 21st Army Group Headquarters WW2 Commemorative Plaque presented to Colonel James (Joe) Oliver Ewart by Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery for his role in the negotiations for the surrender of the German high command in North West Germany, Holland and Denmark.
Colonel James Oliver Ewart (3 April 1917 – 1 July 1945) served towards the end of World War 2 in the British Intelligence Corps and finished his service as the second most senior intelligence staff officer in Field Marshal Montgomery's 21st Army Group during the liberation of Europe; and he would be one of the key staff at the surrender of German forces to Montgomery on 4 May 1945 on Lüneburg Heath. Ewart died on duty of injuries he received in a road traffic accident on 1 July 1945, near the town of Melle, Germany.
The plaque consists of emblems of the British 21 Army Group Headquarters, British First Army and British Second Army.
This special historic plaque commemorates the role of Colonel Ewart in the surrender of the German High Command.
It is most likely a one-of-a-kind piece.
Dimensions:
Height: 41 cm / 16.14 inches
Width: 30 cm / 11.81 inches
November 4th WW1 Memorial Plaque By Egidio Boninsegna
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November 4th is celebrated and commemorated in Italy as the end of World War 1, the day of Armistice at Villa Giusti. Italy lost in WW1 over 500,000 soldiers. This rare bronze plaque was sculpted by one of Milan's most famous sculptures in the early to mid 20th century: Egidio Boninsegna. The memorial plaque depicts an angel carrying to a tomb a half-draped male soldier accompanies by his mourning wife and two children bidding him a final farewell and another man holding the ends of the drape. Both the angel and the fallen soldier show deep, hollowed-out eyes, indicating the suffering and grief caused by the war. The angel is sitting on a slab with the writing Ignoto Militi, the unknown soldier. In the background is a great memorial tomb complete with fluted columns and another frieze of mourning figures. The artist Egidio Boninsegna is best known for the creation of numerous tombs for the Monumental Cemetery and the Musocco Cemetery in Milan. He also sculpted the monument dedicated to the Milanese painter Filippo Carcano in 1915.
This November 4th Italian memorial cast bronze plaque is rare in this excellent condition. It is fastened to a heavy wooden frame.
Dimensions:
Height: 48 cm (18.9 inches)
Width: 39 cm (15.35 inches)
Weight: 7.4 Kg (16.31 lbs)
Charleston Rice History Commemorative Plaque
This plaque commemorates the first successful rice planting in the Charleston South Carolina colony in the 1670's starting the rice growing culture of the South known as Madagascar gold. The plaque was approved by the Historic Commission of Charleston South Carolina. The plaque is attached to a thick slice of an olive tree trunk.
Dimensions:
Metal plaque:
Height: 40.5 cm (15.94 inches)
Width: 30.5 cm (12 inches)
Wood plaque:
Height: 70 cm (27.55 inches)
Width: 64.5 cm (25.39 inches)
Weight: 18 kg (39.68 lbs)
USS Maine Memorial Brass Plaque
This U.S.S. Maine Memorial Brass Plaque commemorates the explosion and sinking of the ship in Havana harbor, Cuba, at 9:40 on the evening of February 15, 1898 causing the deaths of 250 out of 355 sailors on board. It is this incident that triggered the Spanish-American war that spread from the Caribbean to the Philippines ending up in American dominance over those regions.
USS Maine memorial brass plaque features the following writing and markings:
"In Memoriam / U.S.S. Maine / Destroyed in Havana Harbor / February 15th 1898 / This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine."
The lower right corner is stamped "© C. KECK Sc. / 1913 Cast By / Jno. Williams Inc. / N.Y."
The bottom edge is stamped 1305.
On the back top left corner: "Tablet No 1305 / Charles Keck, Sculptor / Cast By / Jno Williams Inc. / Bronze Foundry / New York / 1913."
This item will include some unique photos and documents associated with the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine plaque and incident.
Dimensions:
Height: 32.5 cm (12.79 inches)
Width: 45 cm (17.71 inches)
Weight: 3.3 Kg (7.27 lbs)
Alan Shepard Memorabilia American Legion Plaque
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This is a piece of Alan Shepard memorabilia that has not been seen for decades. It is probably a one of a kind plaque commissioned and presented to astronaut and naval pilot Alan Shepard Jr. for his amazing accomplishment of being the first American and the second human after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagerin to orbit the earth. On May 5, 1961, Shepard piloted the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission and named his spacecraft, Mercury Spacecraft 7, Freedom 7.
As a show of appreciation and admiration for his incredible achievement in the height of the Cold War and the start of the space race, the American Legion decided to present Alan Shepard with this plaque as an award.
Dimensions:
Height: 49 cm (19.29)
Width: 35.5 cm (13.97 inches)
Weight: 7.9 Kg (17.41 lbs)