Editorial" All creation praises the Lord", the nine choirs of the angels, from " Liber Scivias" (Know the ways of the Lord) by German mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). The book with 35 full-page miniatures, disappeared during WW II. T...
Editorial" Scivias" (Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). The book, Codex Rupertsberg, disappeared during WW II. Transparen-cies are from a faksimile. To ward off the temptations of the devil, man k...
EditorialSteel with printed side, design Strohblume, Steel with printed side. Design Strohblume, WW no. 00498. On natural fond floral design in yellow, two shades of pink, purple, blue, green and black, with contours in black. The steel is glued on cardboard wi...
EditorialSteel with printed side, design Herbstwind, Steel with printed side. Herbstwind design, WW no. 00556. On natural background a stripe design, alternated with floral and stripe motifs, in the colors gray, blue and beige. The steel is glued on cardboard w...
EditorialSteel with printed side, pattern Buddha, Steel with printed side. Pattern Buddha, WW no. 00686. On black ground a checkered stripe design in gray, brown and beige, with flower twigs between them. The steel is glued on a cardboard on which the voucher o...
EditorialLead with WW 1801 18, Front: inscription WW 1801 18. Back: lion in compartment, cross below and above, anonymous, 1801, striking (metalworking), d 2.1 cm ? w 7.14 gr.
EditorialSteel with printed side, design Iselberg, Steel with printed side. Design Iselberg, WW no. 00189. On yellow gold fond a design of sprinkled flower twigs in blue, two shades of pink, two shades of green, two shades of purple, two shades of brown and yel...
EditorialCrater and Joe, Map of the Constellation Cup and Raven, Fig. 49, WW, p. 21, Johannes Hevelius, Johann Ernst von Schmieden: Johannis Hevelii prodromus astronomiae, exhibens fundamenta, quae tam ad novum plan? & correctiorem stellarum fixarum catalogum c...
Editorial" Scivias" (Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). The book, Codex Rupertsberg, disappeared during WW II. Transparen-cies are from a faksimile. Inspired by heavenly fire, the 43 year-old nun ...
EditorialFurious over the U-2 spy-plane incident, Khrushtchev decided to boycott the Summit Conference. Instead, he drove to the village of Moeurs, where his Minister of Defence, Rodion Malinovski, had been billeted in WW I. Enthousiastic reception in Moeurs,1960.
EditorialFurious over the U-2 spy-plane incident,Khrushtchev decided to boycott the Summit Conference.Instead,he made an excursion to the village of Moeurs,where his Minister of Defence,Rodion Malinovski,had been billeted during WW I.Enthusiastic reception at M...
EditorialFurious over the U-2 spy-plane incident, Khrushchev decided to boycott the Paris Summit Conference 1960. He visited the village of Moeurs, where his Minister of Defence, Rodion Malinovski, had been billeted in WW I. To prove his mettle, he took the axe...
EditorialMay 1st celebrations in East- and West-Berlin,1959. East-Berlin:Hitler,cooking in a German WW-II steel- helmet and a devil stoking the fire,on a float in the May-1st parade.Berlin-East,1959.
EditorialBase of a candelabrum in front of the terrace of " Villa Huegel", former home of the Krupp family, German steel barons from the late 18th century to the end of WW II. 1873 See also 14-02-06 / 47-64.
EditorialThomas Cribb. Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Selected ... A ne. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London, 1825. Tom Cribb (1781-1848). Pugilist/Boxer. Portrait. Known as the 'Black Diamond'. One of England's most celebrated bareknuckle champions. Image taken f...
Editorial" Scivias" (Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). The book, Codex Rupertsberg, disappeared during WW II. Transparen-cies are from a faksimile. The universe, in the form of an egg; earth with...
EditorialHaymaking on Hardanger Fjord near Bergen. Farmers dry their hay on wire fences,a practice later introduced in Austria and Germany by returning soldiers who had served in the German army in Norway during WW II.
EditorialBase of a candelabrum in front of the terrace of " Villa Huegel", former home of the Krupp family, German steel barons from the late 18th century to the end of WW II. 1873 See also 14-02-06 / 47-64.
EditorialGeneral De Gaulle's first task as head of government was to defuse the situation in Algeria.In a four-day visit he tried to calm the Algerian population as well as the French "colons". A veteran of WW I.
EditorialFurious over the U-2 spy-plane incident, Khrushtchev decided to boycott the Summit Conference. Instead, he drove to the village of Moeurs, where his Minister of Defence, Rodion Malinovski, had been billeted in WW I. Enthousiastic reception in Moeurs,1960.
EditorialFurious over the U-2 spy-plane incident,Khrushtchev decided to boycott the Summit Conference.Instead,he made an excursion to the village of Moeurs,where his Minister of Defence,Rodion Malinovski,had been billeted during WW I.Enthusiastic reception at M...
EditorialFurious over the U-2 spy-plane incident, Khrushchev decided to boycott the Paris Summit Conference 1960. He visited the village of Moeurs, where his Minister of Defence, Rodion Malinovski, had been billeted in WW I. To prove his mettle, he took the axe...
EditorialMay 1st celebrations in East- and West-Berlin,1959. East-Berlin:Hitler,cooking in a German WW-II steel- helmet and a devil stoking the fire,on a float in the May-1st parade.Berlin-East,1959.
EditorialHaymaking on Hardanger Fjord near Bergen. Farmers dry their hay on wire fences,a practice later introduced in Austria and Germany by returning soldiers who had served in the German army in Norway during WW II.
EditorialThe "Bundesgrenzschutz" (Federal Frontier Guards), a police unit of 10.000 established in 1951, is West Germany's first military unit after World War II. Lt. Col. Attenberger, chief of camp Coburg. A former police officer between WW I and 1934, he "c...
Editorial" All creation praises the Lord", the nine choirs of the angels, from " Liber Scivias" (Know the ways of the Lord) by German mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). The book with 35 full-page miniatures, disappeared during WW II. T...
EditorialPainted ceiling of the synagogue of Horb, transferred to the Israel Museum after WW II. The ceiling shows floral designs and animals; the vault has two lions sounding trumpets, and a vision of Jerusalem (left). 1735.
EditorialDuring WW I, religious field-service for Austrian, Hungarian and Polish soldiers of Jewish faith-painted Between 1914 and 1918-oil on cardboard-S: 42 x 69 Inv. 1656.
EditorialThe Vienna Opera on Ringstrasse-Boulevard. In 1860, architects Siccardsburg and Van der Nuelle began the new opera house which was opened with Mozart's Don Giovanni on May 25,1869. After severe bomb damage during WW II the opera reopened in 1955 with F...
EditorialFive different uniforms of soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Army at the outbreak of WW I: the colourful uniforms of the 19th century give way to a uniform grey.
EditorialHagia Sophia of Trabzon (Trebizond). The separate bell-tower was added in the 14th century, when bell-ringing became the general call to mass. Founded by Manuel I Komnenos, turned mosque in 1480, a munitions depot during WW I, museum since 1958.
Editorial" Scivias" (Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). The book, Codex Rupertsberg, disappeared during WW II. Transparen-cies are from a faksimile. Inspired by heavenly fire, the 43 year-old nun ...
Editorial" Villa Huegel", the former home of the Krupp family, leading German steel barons from the late 18th to the end of WW II. Alfred Krupp (1812-1887) built Villa Huegel as a house of the industrial age, not as an aristocratic palace. 1873. See a...