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many old photographs of men in uniform on this pagean old photo of a large building with a lot of pictures on ittwo books are sitting on top of each other on a tablea lot of books that are sitting on top of each otheran old black and white photo of a group of people standing around a horse drawn carriagean old photo of a group of photographs of people in a fielda picture of a group of people playing a game of tennisthree black and white photos of a group of men standing next to each othermany pictures of people and animals in this picturea picture of a group of people standing in front of a buildingan old black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a buildingtwo black and white photos of a group of people with bicyclesan old black and white photo of a group of baseball players posing for a pictureseveral black and white photos of a crowd of people on a city streetan old photo of a group of men in uniform posing for a picturea picture of a picture of a stage with people on itseveral black and white photos of a group of men in uniforman old black and white photo of a group of people and horsesa picture of a book with pictures of people on itan old photo of a group of people riding horses in a fieldmany pictures of people and animals in this old photoseveral pictures of a series of photographs of people in front of a buildingan old photo of a group of people standing in a fieldseveral black and white photos of old cars and people in a fieldseveral old black and white photos of a group of people and carsseveral old black and white photos of people and vehicles in the woodsa picture of a bunch of pictures hanging on a wallseveral black and white photos of a city with a lot of peopleseveral old black and white photos of people and horses in a towna picture of a picture of a group of people on a train trackseveral black and white photographs of people and horses in a fieldan old photo of a bunch of pictures of a bridgeseveral black and white photographs of people and horses in a fieldan old black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a buildingseveral black and white photos of a group of men riding horsesseveral old black and white photos of people and horses in a paradeseveral black and white photographs of people and horses in a towna picture of a picture of a horse drawn carriageseveral black and white photos of people in boats on a lakea picture of a group of people standing in front of an old carseveral black and white photographs of people walking down a streetseveral old black and white photos of old buildings and peoplemany pictures of people riding bicycles on a dirt roadseveral black and white photos of a group of people riding horsesmany pictures of people walking down the street together
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[Militaria] Emile Driant, commander of the 1st Battalion of Foot Chasseurs in Troyes, 1899–1905 A collection of documents and five bound Italian-style photo albums, comprising a total of over 1,320 photographic prints, the majority taken by Emile Driant, who was appointed commander of the 1st Battalion of Foot Chasseurs in Troyes on 12 July 1899, who resigned from the army on 24 December 1905 in the wake of the ‘fiches’ affair Approx. 365 photographic prints mounted in an album, various sizes, some captioned in pencil, c. 1899–1900 Approx. 380 photographic prints mounted in an album, various sizes, some captioned in pencil, c. 1900–1902 Approx. 225 photographic prints mounted in an album, various sizes, some captioned in pencil, c. 1901–1904: Approx. 260 photographic prints mounted in an album, various sizes, some with pencil captions, c. 1903–1904 Approx. 90 photographic prints mounted in an album, various sizes, some labelled in pencil, c. 1898–1900 Wireless telegraphy, lectures and experiments on 30 and 31 July 1902 at the Saint-Cyr Special Military School, by Captain Pierrot of the Engineers with the assistance of E. Ducretet, 9 photographic prints, approx. 8 x 7 cm, mounted on stiff card 2 photographic prints mounted on stiff card: the 1st Battalion of Chasseurs’ military band, 1901; a football match between schoolboys from Troyes and soldiers, 9 June 1904 Composition of the historical booklet of the 1st Battalion of Foot Chasseurs, in Troyes Original documents compiled for the battalion’s album, printed by Gelly in 1902, including: Programme for the 56th anniversary of the Battle of Sidi-Brahim [1901]; Programme for the 57th anniversary of the Battle of Sidi-Brahim, 1902; Programme for the 59th anniversary of the Battle of Sidi-Brahim, 1904; Programme for the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Sidi-Brahim, 1905; Programme for the festival in the Beurnonville district; Programme for the Flag Day celebrations, Troyes, 23 December 1902; Re-enactment of the Sidi-Brahim in Paris, 2 photographic prints mounted on card, 12 x 18 cm; 3 photographic portraits, 9 x 5.5 cm: Lieutenant de Villedieu, Lieutenant Jollivet, Lieutenant Fournier; Photographic prints, 17.5 x 24 cm: The section out of formation - Non-commissioned officers - Instructors - A battalion in triple column Battalion in anti-cavalry formation Approach march in open triple column - The band Each platoon by company Beurnonville barracks in Troyes; Etc... FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE
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