Vintage & Toy Auction - Watches, Designer Bag, Glassware, Art, Decor, Retro Flags and War Related Items.
Lot 405:
Description
This lot presents a substantial collection of paper ephemera, primarily comprising brochures, pamphlets, leaflets, guides, and loose printed documents. The overwhelming theme revolves around World War I and World War II battlefields, museums, and historical sites in Europe, particularly France and Belgium. Specific locations and topics referenced include “In Flanders Fields Museum, ” “Gold Beach, ” “Juno Beach, ” “Merville Battery Site and Museum, ” “Pegasus Memorial Museum, ” “Dugout Experience, ” “The Visitor’s Guide to the Battlefields, ” and “Montormel: The Last Battle of Normandy.” Many items feature both English and French text, with French translations such as “Musée Mémorial Pegasus” (Pegasus Memorial Museum), “La Batterie de Merville Site et Musée” (The Merville Battery Site and Museum), “Le Grand Bunker Musée du Mur de l’Atlantique” (The Grand Bunker Museum of the Atlantic Wall), and “Montormel La Dernière Bataille de Normandie” (Montormel The Last Battle of Normandy). While the content spans early to mid-20th-century history, the items themselves appear to be contemporary tourist information or research materials, likely from the late 20th or early 21st century.
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