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PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN

Lot 236
13.07.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 2 142
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 794509
Lot 236 | PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN
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£ 1 000 – 1 500
PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN

No. 1 and No 2 Armoured Car Companies, RAF. Three photograph albums. Egypt, Palestine and Transjordan: 1922-1925.

Large collection of early images of British military service in the Middle East, with historically important images of Faisal I of Iraq and his brother, Abdullah I of Jordan. One album was compiled by a member of No. 1 Armoured Car Company, is dated 1922, and is mainly focused on Egypt, while the other two have a wide range of images from both sides of the Jordan, including a large aerial view of the Rest Camp at Jaffa, Amman (a mix of tourist views of the Roman theatre and remains of Turkish military transport), Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Sarafand Camp and Ramleh Military Cemetery. The twin implements of British imperial military control in the form of armoured cars (Rolls Royce and ‘Lancier’) and aircraft (including Vimy and Vernon) are well represented. King Faisal I of Iraq is seen visiting Amman, while another shows his brother Abdullah I of Jordan arm-in-arm with an unidentified British political figure.



3 albums: 1. 71 original photographs (most 68 x 110mm or 137 x 87mm, with a few other variant sizes) mounted on 12 leaves, one loose photograph inserted, oblong octavo, 180 x 260 mm (lacking covers, extremities rubbed); 2. 120 original photographs (most 60 x 85mm, 90 x 140mm or 84 x 135mm, with a few other variant sizes) mounted on 12 leaves, oblong octavo, 230 x 325 mm. Original imitation leather card binding; 3. 181 original photographs (57 x 85mm, 82 x 56mm or 65 x 102mm, with a few other variant sizes) mounted on 18 leaves, oblong octavo, 245 x 310 mm. Original cloth-backed paper covered boards (covers with paper tears and some losses particularly to lower cover, extremities rubbed).

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