The Colonel Farnes Collection

Three Battle of Britain Prints, the first entitled ‘The Chase’, featuring a Messerschmitt Me 109E being pursued by a Spitfire; the second entitled ‘Victory over Kent’, featuring a downed Messerschmitt Me 109E with its disconsolate Luftwaffe pilot climbing out of the cockpit, being buzzed by a Spitfire, with its canopy drawn back for the pilot to gaze down on the vanquished enemy aircraft; and the third entitled ‘The Height of the Battle - Sunday 15 September 1940’, featuring a Dornier Do 17 being pursued by two Spitfires, all painted and signed by Geoffrey Nuttall, and dated January 1982, September 1982, and April 1985 respectively, all published in association with the Shoreham Aircraft Presentation Society, and all mounted in glazed wooden frames, the attention to correct aircraft detail superb, and in very good condition

A Battle of Britain Anniversary Print, featuring four yellow-nosed Messerschmitt Me 109es in the detailed colours of 5/Jagdgeschwader 1 Freiherr von Richtofen’, in their classic ‘finger four’ formation, painted by Nicholas Trudgian as part of the War in the Air Collection, with dark blue border with includes in gold outline the Luftwaffe badge and an Me 109E ‘Red 4’ with it distinctive Wing’s ‘Tazelwurm’ badge, published by the Military Gallery, Bath, in 1990 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Battle, and mounted in a glazed wooden frame, very good condition

A Battle of Stalingrad Print, featuring a group of German soldiers gathered around their 88mm gun fighting to the last, with the shattered buildings of Stalingrad in the background, painted by Eddie Collier and dated 1993, and mounted in a glazed display frame, good condition (5) £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Colonel Farnes Collection.

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