Aug 02, 2017 - Sale 2453

Sale 2453 - Lot 162

Price Realized: $ 1,170
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
J. PAUL VERREES (1889-1942) JOIN THE AIR SERVICE AND SERVE IN FRANCE. 1917.
36 3/4x24 1/2 inches, 93 1/4x62 1/4 cm. Ketterlinus, Philadelphia.
Condition B+: repaired tears and creases at edges, in image and along vertical and horizontal folds; minor restored losses and abrasions along folds; fading in image. Framed.
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.