Axis Collection

A German soldier in a trench on the Eastern Front during World War II. Painting by A. Hierl, c1945
EASTERN FRONT: GERMAN. A German soldier in a trench on the Eastern Front during World War II. Painting by A. Hierl, c1945

Diagram showing the spectral class and luminosity of stars. The diagram was named The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, or the H-R diagram for short

Copernicus / Solar System
The solar system according to Copernicus where Earth rotates daily on axis and, with other plants, revolves around the Sun

Italian World War II recruitment poster for the auxiliary service of the 10th Flotilla
WWII: ITALIAN POSTER. Italian World War II recruitment poster for the auxiliary service of the 10th Flotilla

The Martini-Henry Rifle (engraving)
1625821 The Martini-Henry Rifle (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Martini-Henry Rifle. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 22 July 1871)

Street fighting in Stalingrad
Photograph: Street fighting in Stalingrad. A picture from Axis sources shows German soldiers, glad of the shelter of a crater in a Stalingrad street

WORLD WAR II: COMIC BOOK. Captain Freedom and friends battle the Axis powers. American comic book cover concerning World War II, c1943

Map of Sicily by G. H. Davis
A contour map of Sicily, giving the shortest air distances from Cape Bon and Malta. At this stage in the Second World War it was a British front-line objective in Axis eyes

The Heroines of 1940 : Greek poster, c1946, commemorating the women of the Greek Resistance Movement in World War II
WWII: GREEK POSTER, 1940. " The Heroines of 1940" : Greek poster, c1946, commemorating the women of the Greek Resistance Movement in World War II

Firestorm (colour litho)
2778617 Firestorm (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Firestorm. Teams of Axis airplanes swoop down on the English motorized columns that attack in)

A Lathe using a spring bow and device to allow eccentric turning, 16th century
5311313 A Lathe using a spring bow and device to allow eccentric turning, 16th century; Universal History Archive/UIG.

A suit of a Genoese demi-launcers' armour in the possession of Llewelyn Meyrick, 1543
FLO4678553 A suit of a Genoese demi-launcers' armour in the possession of Llewelyn Meyrick, 1543. Black armour with raised foliage; pauldrons

Anglo Saxon flag 53, swords 54,55, slingshot 56, magisterial staffs 57,58, 74, lances 59-63, daggers 64,65
FLO4702291 Anglo Saxon flag 53, swords 54,55, slingshot 56, magisterial staffs 57,58, 74, lances 59-63, daggers 64,65, double headed axe of the Danes called a Bipennis 66, Danish axes 67,68

Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden
FLO4577786 Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden trunnel. At his feet, his auger, axe and punch

Spotted axis deer, Axis axis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from " The Naturalist's Pocket
FLO4640345 Spotted axis deer, Axis axis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from " The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1802.; (add.info.: Spotted axis deer, Axis axis)

An engraving depicting a 36-inch refractor at the Lick Observatory. One of the world's two largest refractors it is
5311382 An engraving depicting a 36-inch refractor at the Lick Observatory. One of the world's two largest refractors it is on a 'German' style equatorial mounting

Snapping termite, terms fatalis, termite queen, soldiers and workers. Vignette of man with axe hitting a termite mound
FLO4720259 Snapping termite, terms fatalis, termite queen, soldiers and workers. Vignette of man with axe hitting a termite mound

Weapons used by the Mughal soldiers: scimitar, lance, axe and musket. Handcoloured copperplate drawn
FLO4623693 Weapons used by the Mughal soldiers: scimitar, lance, axe and musket. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Tools and weapons of the Australian aborigines. Drinking vessel made of dulse leaf 1, stone knife 2
FLO4624346 Tools and weapons of the Australian aborigines. Drinking vessel made of dulse leaf 1, stone knife 2, basket for shells 3, basket 4, shell necklace 5, spears 6-9, wooden sword 10,12

Chital or cheetal, Axis axis (Spotted deer, Axis maculatus). Handcoloured lithograph by Gebhart from Georg Friedrich
FLO4719603 Chital or cheetal, Axis axis (Spotted deer, Axis maculatus). Handcoloured lithograph by Gebhart from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History

Illustration depicting a shearing machine (lawn mower) invented by Edward Beard Budding
5309418 Illustration depicting a shearing machine (lawn mower) invented by Edward Beard Budding; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a shearing machine (lawn mower) invented by Edward Beard Budding

A turner in apron using a foot-powered treadle lathe or turning bench, 19th century (engraving)
FLO4577862 A turner in apron using a foot-powered treadle lathe or turning bench, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Turner using a tour a pedale - A turner in apron using a foot-powered treadle)

Eastern roe deer, Capreolus pygargus 1, spotted deer, Cervus axis 2, hog deer, Cervus porcinus 3, Muntjac deer
FLO4574278 Eastern roe deer, Capreolus pygargus 1, spotted deer, Cervus axis 2, hog deer, Cervus porcinus 3, Muntjac deer, Muntiacus muntjak 4, roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, stag 5 and doe 6

A Bifilar Pendulum
5308089 A Bifilar Pendulum.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Bifilar Pendulum. A Bifilar Pendulum consists of suspending an aircraft from two parallel wires, or filars, that)

DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de Infanteria y Caballeria
CUL4861276 DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de Infanteria y Caballeria espanolas. 1851 - 1859

English military: Hunter or Jaeger corps in shacko with horn and axe 1, mace and axe, and colonel in pelisse coat 3
FLO4624762 English military: Hunter or Jaeger corps in shacko with horn and axe 1, mace and axe, and colonel in pelisse coat 3, Turkish corps in turban 4, and Wallachian soldier 5

Maori tools and weapons with elaborate carving: axe, fish knife, and box. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso
FLO4624395 Maori tools and weapons with elaborate carving: axe, fish knife, and box. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

A dismounted knight and one of the king's guards to King Henry VIII, 1525
FLO4678554 A dismounted knight and one of the king's guards to King Henry VIII, 1525. The knight holds a mace or martel de fer, drapery lamboys covering half the breastplate

Worker with large axe, artisan, merchant and woman of Paris. Costumes of the people of Paris
FLO4571207 Worker with large axe, artisan, merchant and woman of Paris. Costumes of the people of Paris, reign of King Francis I of France

Crosses of various orders of Knights Templar 338-341, coat of arms 342, flag 343
FLO4703300 Crosses of various orders of Knights Templar 338-341, coat of arms 342, flag 343, axe of the woman's order of the hatchet 344, Order of Alcantara 345, Order of Calatrava 346

Piper J-3 Cub G-AFFJ with the Everell single-blade propeller
Piper J-3 Cub G-AFFJ (msn 1165), seen with the Everell patented single-blade automatic variable- pitch propeller. The single propeller blade was balanced by a counterweight and was free to pivot

General Ludendorff (right) architect of the 1918 German Kaiserschlact Offensive, with senior German Officers. Circa April 1918

Chital (Axis axis) female leaping. Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve / Tadoba National Park, Maharashtra, India

Chital deerl (Axis axis ), male with large antlers, Bandhavgarh National Park, Bandhavgarh, India

Spotted deer (Axis axis), adults and fawns, crossing swamp, surrounded by waterbirds, Keoladeo National park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Spotted deer (Axis axis), small herd leaping through grass, Bardia National Park, Terai, Nepal

Spotted deer (Axis axis) herd in the forest, with just their antlers visible. Bardia National Park, Terai, Nepal

Italian Cavalry on the Attack (Colour Litho)
2778612 Italian Cavalry on the Attack (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Italian cavalry on the attack)

The End of a Greek Division (Colour Litho)
2778551 The End of a Greek Division (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The end of a Greek Division)

Bold shot of the Gondarini hand (colour litho)
2778605 Bold shot of the Gondarini hand (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bold coup de mano by the Gondarini)

DDE-90025190
Malaysia, Island of Borneo, Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Lok Kawi Wildlife Park. Chittal deer (Captive: Axis axis), with fawn. Date: 16/12/2008

DDE-90024489
Chitals crossing the track, Corbett National Park, India Date: 03/05/2005

Illustration from Sphaera Mundi by Johannes de Sacro Bosco and Theoricae Novum Planetarium
CH438799 Illustration from Sphaera Mundi by Johannes de Sacro Bosco and Theoricae Novum Planetarium, published in Venice by Simon Bevilacqua, 1499 (hand coloured woodcut) by Italian School

Four Axis Deer including, a buck with antlers and a fawn
3712900 Four Axis Deer including, a buck with antlers and a fawn, at London Zoo in 1926 (b/w photo) by Bond, Frederick William (1887-1942); Zoological Society of London; (add.info)

Moonlight, 22 November 1893, pastel sketch (colour litho)
3638790 Moonlight, 22 November 1893, pastel sketch (colour litho) by Nansen, Fridtjof (1861-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Moonlight, 22 November 1893, pastel sketch)

Battle in a historic park (Colour Litho)
2778603 Battle in a historic park (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle in a historic park)

The Deed of Gibraltar (Colour Litho)
2778598 The Deed of Gibraltar (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The deeds of Gibraltar)

The heroic feat of two carabinieri (colour litho)
2778549 The heroic feat of two carabinieri (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The heroic feat of two carabinieri)

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"Axis: Unraveling the Threads of History and Science" In the midst of chaos, a powerful message emerged - "Tittle Tattle Lost the Battle. " This British World War II poster warned against the dangers of careless talk, reminding us that words hold immense power. As we delve deeper into the mysteries of our universe, a diagram reveals the spectral class and luminosity of stars. The axis on which these celestial bodies exist guides us towards understanding their brilliance and significance in our vast cosmos. Copernicus shattered conventional beliefs with his revolutionary theory about our Solar System's structure. The axis around which Earth revolves challenged long-held notions, forever altering our perception of space and time. "Hes Watching You, " declared an American World War II poster by Glenn Grohe. It served as a stark reminder to remain vigilant amidst global turmoil, highlighting how an unseen they are shape destinies during times of conflict. An Italian recruitment poster for the auxiliary service showcased the strength and determination within their ranks during World War II. These men formed an essential part of Italy's 10th Flotilla, united under a common purpose against opposing forces. The streets became battlegrounds in Stalingrad as soldiers fought fiercely for control. Lives hung in balance along this treacherous axis where victory or defeat could be decided by mere inches gained or lost. A German soldier found solace within a trench on the Eastern Front during World War II. In A. Hierl's poignant painting, we witness both vulnerability and resilience along this harrowing axis where humanity clashed with unimaginable brutality. Amidst darkness loomed heroes who rose to confront evil head-on - Captain Freedom and friends battled Axis powers on vivid comic book covers from c1943 America. These fictional champions embodied hope along an intangible yet potent moral axis that inspired millions during wartime struggles. G. H Davis' map meticulously outlined Sicily's geographical features - its coastlines kissed by the Mediterranean Sea.