Aug 03, 2023 - Sale 2643

Sale 2643 - Lot 140

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

J. PAUL VERREES (1889-1942)

JOIN THE AIR SERVICE AND SERVE IN FRANCE. 1917.


42 1/2x25 inches, 108x63 1/2 cm. Ketterlinus, Philadelphia.
Condition B: tears, creases, abrasions, losses and foxing at edges; loss at top edge into text; creases and abrasions along vertical and horizontal folds; text banner affixed at bottom. Paper.

During World War I "The Army Air Service [the precursor to the Air Force], like the Navy, was dependent on recruiting. Only the Army itself had a selective enlistment system. Rawls p. 179, IWM p. 57, Theofiles pl. C7, Borkan p. 41.