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1617 - Photos of the Liberation of Paris.
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Estimate €300 - €500
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Photos of the Liberation of Paris. Comprising 57 black and white photos, 18 x 24 cm. One photo of General De Lattre de Tassigny. A photo of German officers taken prisoner. Two photos of allied vehicles in front of the Hôtel Crillon. A photo of General Leclerc. A photo of Churchill. A photo of Anthony Eden. A photo of General De Gaulle. A photo of Alexander and Juin. A photo of Koenig and Eisenhower. A photograph of a Sherman tank on the outskirts of Paris. A photo of a group of German prisoners in the Place de l'Opéra. A photo of General de Gaulle, rue de Rivoli. A photo of Roosevelt. A photo of a German officer in the Place Vendôme, surrounded by Resistance fighters. A photo of the victory parade on the Champs Elysées on 26 August 1944. A photo of a German prisoner on the Place de la Concorde. A photo of destroyed vehicles in front of the Hotel Crillon. A photo of a German prisoner leaving the town hall in the 9th arrondissement. A photo of the attack on the Kommandantur. A photo during a shoot-out on the Place de la République. A photo of the bunker at the Hotel Majestic. A photo of the fighting in front of the Hotel Majestic. A photo of the Gare de Lyon metro station. A photo of a wounded FFI. A photo of a militiaman being lynched. A photo of the fighting in the rue de Rivoli. A photo of the barricades in the Rue de Maubeuge. A photo of the fighting in the Rue de Rivoli. A photo of the barricades at Les Batignolles. A photo of the funeral of the victims of the 9th arrondissement. A photo of German officers at the Hotel Majestic. A photo of a German tank in the Luxembourg Gardens. A photo of a German tank in the Rue de Rivoli. A photo of an FFI. A photo of a German prisoner. A photo of fighting in the Rue du Temple. A photo of the Kommandantur flag in the Place de l'Opéra. A photo of the victory parade. A photo of the Grand Palais in flames. A photo of rue Mondoui. A photo of the Allies in the Place de l'Opéra. A photo of a dodge during the 26 August parade. A photo of the Place de la Concorde on 26 August 1944. Numerous photos of the parade on 11 November 1944. Some wear and patina to be noted. Condition II+. Liberation of Paris photographs. Collection comprising 57 black-and-white photographs measuring 18 x 24 cm. Includes one photograph of General de Lattre de Tassigny, one of captured German officers, and two showing Allied vehicles in front of the Hôtel Crillon. Also included are photographs of General Leclerc, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, General de Gaulle, Generals Alexander and Juin, and Koenig with Eisenhower. The group further contains a photograph of a Sherman tank in the Paris suburbs, German prisoners at Place de l'Opéra, General de Gaulle on Rue de Rivoli, Franklin Roosevelt, and a German officer surrounded by Resistance fighters at Place Vendôme. Included are several images from the victory parade of 26 August 1944 on the Champs-Élysées, German prisoners at Place de la Concorde, destroyed vehicles in front of the Hôtel Crillon, and German prisoners leaving the town hall of the 9th arrondissement. Additional photographs depict the assault on the Kommandantur, gunfire exchanges at Place de la République, the bunker of the Hôtel Majestic, fighting around the Hôtel Majestic, Gare de Lyon metro station, a wounded FFI fighter, a lynched Militia member, fighting on Rue de Rivoli, barricades on Rue de Maubeuge and in the Batignolles district, funerals for victims from the 9th arrondissement, German officers from the Hôtel Majestic, a German tank in the Luxembourg Gardens, a Sherman tank on Rue de Rivoli, FFI fighters, German prisoners, fighting on Rue du Temple, the flag flying over the Kommandantur at Place de l'Opéra, the victory parade, the Grand Palais in flames, scenes on Rue Mondoui, Allied troops at Place de l'Opéra, a Dodge vehicle during the 26 August parade, and Place de la Concorde on 26 August 1944. The collection also includes numerous photographs from the 11 November 1944 victory parade. Light wear and patina throughout. Condition II+.
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About the sale MILITARIA :The Arms of France - Military memorabilia, Commandos Kieffer, and Insignia
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Auction time 06/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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