Khevsurian Soldier in Chain Mail Armor, Georgian Caucasus 1877 [449×578]
That is the actual war gear that they would wear. The Khevsurian Warrior. Kevsurians Georgians aren’t homogeneous nation, it includes many ethnographic groups: the Mingr̀elians, the Tush, the Svans, the Khevsurians, etc. The Khevsurians is one of the Georgians’ ethnographic groups, living in the mountains of the Eastern Georgia. The mannequin in traditional for the
Author Jack London, circa 1904. Photo by Arnold Genthe [1200×1481]
Jack London American novelist John Griffith London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. Wikipedia Born: January 12, 1876, San Francisco, California, United States Died: November 22,
The coffin of the Unknown Warrior lies in state in Westminster Abbey, London, 1920. [437×586]
Unknown Warrior At the west end of the Nave of Westminster Abbey is the grave of the Unknown Warrior, whose body was brought from France to be buried here on 11th November 1920. The grave, which contains soil from France, is covered by a slab of black Belgian marble from a quarry near Namur. On
Sandro Pertini, future President of the Italian Republic in 1978-1985, as a Second Lieutenant during World War I, June 1917 [746 x 1024]
Sandro Pertini Former President of Italy Alessandro “Sandro” Pertini, OMCA was an Italian journalist, partisan and socialist politician who served as the seventh president of Italy, from 1978 to 1985. Wikipedia Born: September 25, 1896, San Giovanni, Italy Died: February 24, 1990, Rome, Italy Spouse: Carla Voltolina (m. 1946–1990) Party: Italian Socialist Party Place of burial: Stella San Giovanni Cemetery, Italy Presidential term: July 9,