Early 1900's European Photograph Album with several pictures of Women and some of uniformed Soldiers.
Includes an invitation for Miss Mitchell to attend a dinner given by the 25th Punjabis Europe: Early 1900's.
Photograph Album. Album. Approx. 12.5" X 10" brown cloth covers with leather spine and corners. Gilt title "Scrapbook" lettered on the spine. Illustrated hand drawn armorial book plate, without a name, located on the front paste down. The front hinge is cracked and cover loose but attached. Album consists of multicolored paper containing 119 photographs plus a few paper items. Most of the pictures are of women with a variety of picture types including studio miniature cards, CDV's, silver gelatin prints, etc. Some of the photographs show women playing stringed instruments, one wearing a red cross badge, one picture of lady on a horse next to a business, and others wearing outfits similar to nuns. Some of the small photographs are from Brussels. A few of the pictures are dated 1906. Album also includes a page of clippings in the German? language, some photographs of soldiers and non uniformed men, and old photo card scenes of ancient Athens and Constantinople. A typed invitation is pasted down inside from "Lieut. Colonel H.R. Hunt, D.S.O., and Officers The 25th Punjabis, request the pleasure of the company of Miss Mitchell at dinner on Saturday the 19th June at 8 p.m..." (dated 9-6-1920). No loose items. Several empty colored paper pages in back. Good. Item #18568
From wikipedia:
In 1911, the 25th Punjabis moved to Hong Kong to protect British interests following the Chinese Revolution of 1911. On the outbreak of the First World War, the regiment returned from Hong Kong to India. In December 1917, it moved to Mesopotamia as part of the 54th Indian Brigade, 18th Indian Division. In September 1918, the 25th Punjabis moved to Salonika in Greece and then to Turkey as part of the Allied occupation forces. It returned to India in 1921. The regiment raised a second battalion on 1 November 1917. The 2/25th Punjabis served in the Third Afghan War of 1919. The battalion was disbanded in 1922.[2].
Price: $150.00