Militaria

Lot 3767    Session 13 (2.30pm Thursday 22nd November)    Militaria

Estimate $60
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $30

L'ILLUSTRATION WEEKLY MAGAZINE, No.3837, Samedi (Saturday) 16 Septembre 1916, published in France with all text in French, large format, 20pp with b&w and colour photos, this whole issue is devoted to war news and articles including one on the Anzacs at Suvla with one page featuring three photos in colour at Gallipoli depicting large scale Turkish shelling on the slopes of Anafarta, the beach of Suvla with Lala Baba at left and the hill that the English called Mont Chocolate at the right, and finally the cliffs of Anzac being the point of landing of Australians and New Zealanders on 25 April 1915, and on the back page is a feature on the shooting down of a German zeppelin with photo of Captain William Leefe Robinson VC, the first British pilot to shoot down a German airship over Britain in WWI. Small piece of corner missing from one page, otherwise in excellent condition, nearly extremely fine.