Aug 06, 2014 - Sale 2356

Sale 2356 - Lot 70

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
J. PAUL VERREES (1889-1942) JOIN THE AIR SERVICE. 1917.
37x25 inches, 94x63 1/2 cm. Ketterlinus, Philadelphia.
Condition B+: creases and abrasions in margins and image; minor restoration at edges; horizontal fold.
During World War I, the Army Air Service, like the Navy, was dependent on recruiting, however, only the Army had a selective enlistment system. Rawls p. 179, IWM p. 57, Theofiles pl. C7, Borkan p. 41.