Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Military Aviation

A Collection of Military Aviation and Uniform Cards including After the Battle and Roland Davies? - A collection of printed military-themed ephemera comprising postcards, trade cards, and commemorative art cards. The lot includes a series of aviation postcards featuring historical World War II aircraft such as a Lancaster bomber and a Hawker Hurricane. A printed mark AFTER THE BATTLE appears on the card borders. Detail shots of aircraft tail fins display historical Luftwaffe swastikas and crosses alongside Royal Air Force roundels. Several larger cards feature colour illustrations of aircraft bearing the printed signature Roland Davies?, with one card including technical specifications transcribed as length 29' 11'' / 1,030 h.p. Rolls-Royce / weight 34,000. The collection further includes two stacks of small trade cards depicting British military personnel in ceremonial dress, including a Life Guard on a grey horse featuring the ER royal cypher. Two brown paper storage sleeves are included, bearing handwritten black ink inscriptions reading Set 7 and 1-24 Red Set. The aircraft registrations RF 570 and 2040 are legible on the fuselages.