Aug 01, 2018 - Sale 2484

Sale 2484 - Lot 57

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?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.
42x25 inches, 106 3/4x63 1/2 cm. Ketterlinus, Philadelphia.
Condition A / A-: tears and creases in text banner affixed at bottom. Paper.
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.